Compromised Hearts

THE HALF-BREED AND THE LADY

Emily Cordelia Mason Brockinger was a proper lady, Boston born and bred. So nothing could have shocked her more thoroughly than Cloud Ryder's outrageous proposal: He would guide her safely to her brother's home in the San Luis Valley...if she shared his bedroll on the way.

Emily was appalled. Surrender her virginity to an arrogant half-breed drifter? It was unthinkable, even if he was the most handsome man she'd ever seen. But, stranded and helpless in the vast prairie, she had no other choice. And from the moment his bold lips touched her burning flesh, she knew she would take a perfectly indecent delight in fulfilling the terms of their bargain!