Texas Hero — Ruth Langan

Where Had Miss Caroline Adams Come From?

Thad Conway was certain the new schoolmarm was not the prim, bookish spinster she pretended to be. "Miss Adams" played the part well enough, but he had glimpsed the fire in her soul--and the haunted look in her eyes.

Caroline Adams had a proper job in a respectable town, thousands of miles and a lifetime away from her ugly past. Or so she thought. Until her night1nare came back to torment her. Now she had to call upon Thad to protect her-the one man who could save... or ruin her.