Noelle — Diana Palmer

HE WAS A REAL HARD CASE, BUT SHE HAD LOVE ON HER SIDE....

Like most of the young ladies in Fort Worth, Noelle Brown was smitten by handsome, charming Andrew Paige. But when she challenged the steely-eyed gaze of his stepbrother Jared, something inside her felt a little wild, a little thrilled ... a little afraid.

He was a big-city lawyer with a killer's stance--a desperado turned lawman, disillusioned with life and haunted by a past he couldn't escape. But this tender, green girl, with her flashfire temper and her unconventional ways, tempted and tormented him with a sweet, maddening passion.

Rivalry would pit brother against brother and scandal would rock their lives. And Noelle would have to convince a man unwilling to believe in lo that only he could still the anguish in her heart--and fulfill the promise of their destiny together...