Adobe Palace — Joyce Brandon

A proud widow with a young son, Samantha Forrester staked her claim in wild, untamed Arizona in 1889. Indomitable and determined, she built her own cattle ranch -- but a high-born lady living alone was prey to the greedy vultures of this isolated frontier.
Then devilishly charming Steve Sheridan rode roughshod into her life, setting off an explosive chain of events that would erupt in bloody vengeance -- and shimmering desire. Although he knew full well she was a temptation he should avoid, Sheridan could refuse her nothing, and he agreed to build her the best house money could buy.

As Samantha's grand adobe palace rose on the mountainside, Lance Kincaid came back into her life. The childhood sweetheart who had been taken by another, Lance ignited her old, reckless love. The past beckoned, even as she found herself drawn to Steve's dark passion. But fate would reveal their true hearts' desires, in a land as savage and sweet as the noble men and women who dared to tame it....