Promises in the Night

Fresh from her first success in Nashville, Gem Reasoner -- heiress to an oilman's fortune -- looked like a waif singing for her supper in a small-town club miles from nowhere.

When the going got rough, it was Roan Christiansen who came to her rescue. But before the night was over, there was no help for Gem. The fiercely independent songwriter had succumbed to his amorous expense. It was a night to remember, a night she was determined to forget. Yet when he appeared on her own luxurious Texas turf, how could she resist his challenge? Once he had seemed a knight in shining armor. Could she really believe he was anything more than a modern man ruthlessly on the make?