Angel Creek and A Lady of the West

ANGEL CREEK After her father died, beautiful Dee Swann held on to her homestead in the Colorado hills, fiercely determined that no one would claim her land—or her independence. Then ruthless, ambitious Lucas Cochran came to Angel Creek valley to challenge her on both counts.... He needs the valley's cool waters to turn the drought-cursed high country into the cattle dynasty he craves. But as their fiery confrontation flares into a wild and unfettered passion, they are bound together in a dangerous destiny—with much more than just frontier dreams at stake.... A LADY OF THE WEST Victoria Waverly was a noble daughter of the war-ruined South—and wife in name only to a heartless Western rancher. Yet neither honor nor pride could quench her forbidden desire for hired gunman Jake Roper. His narrow gaze, hard as ice, hid tender emotions—and he cursed his burning need for this graceful, innocent lady. For the blazing New Mexico territory called him to fight for the sweeping ranchland that was his birthright. On a mission to set right the past across the lawless land, the powerful cowboy and the aristocratic beauty would reach the heights of passion—and step closer to the flames of destruction....