Jezebel — Katherine Sutcliffe

Rafe de Bastitas is headed straight to hell. Hell, Texas, that is. He is seeking vengeance from the men who robbed him of his family--of everyone he had ever truly loved. And he is prepared for just about anything. Except Charity Bell.

Widowed by the town preacher and denounced by her neighbors, Charity Bell is a marked woman. But beneath her misery and scorn is a lady of refinement--with a past of privilege that left her unprepared for life's cruel twists of fate. When Rafe happens upon her cottage at the edge of town, Charity is frightened, alone--and giving birth to a fatherless son. Rafe can't help but reach out to the forsaken young mother--and can't help feeling the spark of passion that quickly ignites between them.

Rafe and Charity have nothing in common, except their painful pasts--and the promise of a love as wistful and wild as the Texas wind...