The Lady and the Robber Baron — Joyce Brandon

LOVE LOST... AND FOUND

New York City, 1880 -- the era of empire builders who steamrolled a nation's vast resources into billion-dollar industries. No timberland was too immense, no railway too long for the ruthless robber barons who were building America.

Rakishly handsome, devilishly charming Chantry Kincaid III was heir to one of the most powerful of the robber barons. And the bewitching Jennifer Van Vleet vowed to destroy him for his part in the tragic death of her parents.

But Jennifer did not plan to fall in love. Driven by passion, she abandoned a stellar career in the ballet to marry her sworn enemy. Yet even ecstasy could not erase the tiny seeds of doubt as they began to blossom into poisonous flowers of tragedy and betrayal.

As Chantry undertook his biggest challenge -- to build a railway from Colorado to New Mexico -- Jennifer dared to resurrect an improbable union forged on the foundation of love between impassioned opposites....