Refined by Fire — Katherine Kendall

When Atlanta's most eligible bachelor offers Kat Keller love and a life of wealth and happiness, Kat Keller considers Brent Carroll's proposal an answer to her loneliness after her mother's recent death. But the whirlwind of engagement activity that pursues cannot completely distract her from a growing uneasiness that started the night her mother died. To escape her growing responsibilities, she returns to her friends and family in the Tennessee Mountains.

Dade Mathers, an old family friend, stirs up old memories the minute she returns. Could she still be in love with him? There's not much time to find out because as soon as she arrives, Kat becomes entangled in a dangerous feud over her family's land. Someone is starting fires and danger lurks in the beautiful forests that surround her. Who could be trying to harm her? When Brent shows up in town, she wonders what type of man he really is. Someone who will stop at nothing to get what he wants, even murder?

Dade Mathers hoped that Kat would come running back into his arms the minute he showed her that he had become a man of God like her father. Boy, was he wrong. In fact, he wondered if she even liked him anymore. He sure did mess up a good thing they had as kids. Now he has one more chance but Kat has changed so much. She won't even go to church. Worse, Kat is engaged to be married and Dade knows he must hide his affections for her. But when her life is threatened and she has no one to turn to, Dade must decide if it is within his strength to save her and then let her go.