Firebird

Concert violinist Annette Zeldin feels every inch the outsider when she arrives in the closed ranching community of Cottonwood Falls to settle her mother's estate. Under.the thumb of her cold and overbearing father, she clings to her young daughter, her lifeline.

Unexpectedly, she finds moments of comfort and communion in the presence of Ethan Brown, an Ivy-educated lawyer and gentleman rancher who is as comfortable among his books as he is at ease in the company of cowboys. Engaged to the daughter of the wealthiest landowner in the county, he is within reach of the life he has worked so hard to achieve. But since meeting Annette, Ethan feels that life slipping from his grasp. Intensely aware of the consequences of their growing attraction, both Annette and Ethan surrender to the passion that burns between them--igniting a flame that will never die ...