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Rafe Jerry never thought he’d come back home to rancho Alimitos, the site of betrayal when he found the woman he loved in bed with his father. Dolores de la Guerra became his stepmother and bore a son, Luis. When his father died, Rafe was left half the ranch along with his half-brother. But he didn’t want any of it and that’s what he was coming back to settle. He’d give it all to his nine year-old half brother Luis as long as he could keep it out of the hands of his stepmother.
Unfortunately, the will had been written so that if Rafe refused his inheritance, it all went to Dolores with a park named for her in the bargain—just what his father knew would be the biggest deterrent to Rafe leaving. But why?
Dolores’ back-biting ways held no allure for him but he couldn’t say the same for her sister, Maria de la Guerra. How could two sisters be so morally and ethically different in their values? Maria was all that was good; exquisite like gold, while Dolores was tarnished liked neglected silver. But then all Rafe was looking for was a way to settle this so he could go back to Texas. He just needed to keep away from anything labeled de la Guerra.
But things keep happening, strange occurrences with potentially fatal consequences. Someone wants him dead. In the bargain his attempt to trap the notorious Leveau di Vere and send him to the gallows as fitting compensation for the man’s perfidy during the war is thwarted. So when Dolores hooks up with Laveau, Rafe knows something bad is in the wind—but are these two connected with the strange occurrences?
Maria de la Guerra was wrong about the handsome Rafe Jerry—never realizing it until she catches her sister in a lie about the real circumstances surrounding Dolores’ decision to marry his father. Maria has stood by Dolores, raised Dolores’ son for her and endured being treated like an unpaid servant in return for the sanctuary her sister provided to her after their family lost its fortune. But now Rafe is back and everything she believed is suddenly open to question, including the state of her heart.
Leigh Greenwood has written an exciting story loaded with intrigue and memorable characters to keep those pages turning. With seduction, deception and the triumph of true love, this installment of the Night Riders series proves to be a first rate romance! Can’t wait for the next one.
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