The Wayward Heart — Jill Gregory

Bryrony Hill was raised in the East as a lady, but after her father's death she travels to the wild Arizona Territory to claim his ranch. On the way, she is ambushed by a gang of brutal men eager to quench their lust on her exquisite, untried womanhood...
Terrified, totally alone, Bryony is rescued by an aloof, arrogant stranger known only as "Texas" -- a stranger who awakens in her, with one rough kiss, a deep hunger that both frightens and thrills her...

Only later does Bryony learn that "Texas" Jim Logan is the man who killed her father. But by then it is too late. Their passion is a fire that threatens to consume them both -- two proud-willed souls locked in a love as fierce as battle, sharing a destiny as magnificent as the land they both claim as their own!