Laurel // A Fearless Man

BRIDE OF DESIRE

Although Hen Randolph was the perfect choice for a sheriff in the Arizona Territory, he was no one's idea of a model husband. The trail-weary cowboy had just broken free from his six rough-and-ready brothers, and he wasn't about to start a family of his own. Then a beauty with a tarnished reputation caught his eye, and the thought of taking a wife aroused him as never before.

But Laurel Blackthorne had been hurt too often to trust any man -- least of all one she considered a ruthless, coldhearted gunslinger. Not until Hen proved that drawing quickly and shooting true weren't his only assets would she give him her heart. When his pistol was at last snug in its holster, Laurel would reward the virile lawman with the rapture of her love's sweet splendor -- and take her place as the newest bride to tame a Randolph's heart...