Amelia — Diana Palmer

NO PRETENSE COULD MASK HER DESIRE

Amelia was afraid. Her father's violent outbursts were getting worse, and only when she quelled her own headstrong, independent ways was there any peace - especially since her father was determined that she marry into the powerful Culhane family.

Though smooth, polished, mild-mannered Alan was taken with Amelia's fragile beauty and ways, Amelia was haunted by King Culhane - whose silver eyes could say more with a look than his brother could say with a dictionary. But his temper, like his courage, was legendary in east Texas. Men like King were dangerous.

King wanted her, and he took pains to make sure she knew it - though he regarded her as a piece of fluff who hoped to steal his brother's heart AND bank account. But the woman in Amelia couldn't deny the raging need that could only be assuaged by King's savage embrace...