Previously published by Penguin/Onyx. Lovers of the lush sagas of Kathleen Woodiwiss, Johanna Lindsey, and Bertrice Small should enjoy this historical romance from bestselling author Patricia Rice:


Shy Laura Kincaid had loved Cash Wycliffe, the tenant farmer's headstrong son, since childhood. And while Cash—who had sought his fortune in the West and returned a wealthy man—grew up to be a ruggedly handsome gambler and shameless womanizer, he was the last man on earth a well-bred Kentucky lady should want. Besides, his eyes were fixed on Laura's aristocratic cousin Sallie, a dazzlingly beautiful Southern belle.

But Laura let her heart rule her fate...and amid the tumult of the Civil War and its aftermath, she surrendered to her desire for a man who made no promises beyond the pleasure of the moment...armed only with a woman's sense that love was destined to bloom where passion flamed...