Deep in the Heart — Staci Stallings

Clinging to her last shred of fuel and hope, Maggie Montgomery arrives at the mansion of Texas billionaire Conrad Ayers. Just out of college and all alone in the world, she has one shot left to save her life from an abyss of poverty and hopelessness. However, Maggie's whole world is about to be up-ended by two way-over-scheduled children and one incredibly handsome hired hand. As she struggles to fit into a world she wasn't made for, Maggie wonders if she can ever learn to become a perfect version of herself so she can keep the job. Keith Ayers despises his life. As the son of Texas billionaire Conrad Ayers and the fiancé to a Senator from Texas' daughter, his life looks great on the outside. But inside, he is dying. He longs to manage and train his father's racehorses, however, everyone else thinks that is beneath him. The world expects him to get into industry and build on his father's success. Suffocating under the constrictions of his life, he meets Maggie who begins to teach him that wealth and power are not everything in this life. Can Keith defy the two most powerful men in Texas to follow his heart? ~*~ "Deep in the Heart is Staci Stallings at her finest. The memory of the anguish and joy poured out by her pen will remain in your heart long after the final page has been turned." --Amazon Reviewer, Cindy