Lean Mean & Lonesome

"Me, lonesome? Hell, I'm too mean to ever get lonesome."
-- Rafe McClain, ornery ex-Texan

Love? Mighty scarce in Rafe's hardscrabble life. So he'd learned to live solo -- and liked it that way. Until a mysterious plea for help had the restless, ruthless mercenary headed back to Texas like some dashing white knight. And there waited delicious Amanda Crenshaw, the rancher's daughter who'd once, indelibly, branded his heart. Taking what Mandy offered proved impossible to resist. But soon Rafe would be gone again. Unless Mandy could transform this lean, mean loner into the loving family man he desperately longed to become....

Hero: Rafe McClain
Heroine: Amanda Crenshaw