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"A great western romance!"
Reviewed by Kathy Boswell
Posted November 9, 2001

This marvelous book was a joy to read. I caught myself bursting into laughter from the very first chapter. Lilla Traften is a spoiled rotten brat who has to have everything her way or else. She's embarrassed her father so much he's sent her off to Texas Read more...

"A sweet western romance"
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted November 28, 2001

She knows her father loves her, but though she caused a bit of a scandal, Lilla Traften cannot understand why he exiled her to the Texas Panhandle. The spoiled Lilla becomes unglued when her stagecoach breaks an axle, but soon forgets everything after the driver gives her "nasty tasting Read more...

Summary

For Lilla Traften, the Texas Panhandle was nothing but hot cactus and dirt, its inhabitants worse. Every cowpuncher and soiled dove she met needed a good scrubbing - - and some lessons in manners. Grady Finch, too. The rugged foreman of the WC Ranch might be devastatingly handsome, but he was tactless. Worse, the heat was getting to her; sunstroke was making her dream of Grady's hands upon her, of the sweaty love they might make in the dust. Hardly normal thoughts for a proper miss and charm-school teacher! Still, she couldn't help wondering what would win the heart of a man like Grady. She'd have to prove she could survive on her own. She's have to show she wasn't the prissy snob he thought. He'd have to see that not only the land could undergo transformation, but that Lilla, too, could flower in the desert.