The Wild Rose — Jessica Wulf

Jennifer Mainwaring can't wait to exchange the stifling conventions of 19th-century Philadelphia for the thrills of the unknown West. But at her godfather's sprawling ranch, her privileged, lonely life changes far more than she expects especially when she meets John Cantrell, her godfather's illegitimate half-caste son. Jennifer has every reason to fear this seductive, dangerous man who has come to the Rancho de Santa Maria on a mission of hate. But when did reason ever govern a woman's heart? Is Cantrell the man to stir her long-surpressed desires? Or is he a hunted fugitive the killer they call la Serpiente?