Betrayal — Evelyn Rogers

If there was anything that got Conn O'Brien's Irish up, it was a lady in trouble--especially one he had fallen in love with at first sight. So after the Texas horseman saved Crystal Braden from an overly amorous lout, he didn't waste a second declaring his intentions to make an honest woman of her. But they had barely been declared man and wife before Conn learned that his new bride was hiding a devastating secret that could destroy him.

The plan was simple: To ensure the safety of her mother and young brother, Crystal had agreed to play the damsel in distress. The innocent beauty had no idea how dangerously charming the virile stranger would be--nor how much she'd long to surrender to the tender passion in his kiss. And when Conn discovered her ruse, she vowed to blaze a trail of desire that would convince him that her deception had been an error of the heart and not a ruthless...BETRAYAL