This I Ask of You — Pat Warren

Dark family secrets, half-remembered whispers from the past, sent Nikki Spencer running from her home, from everything she knew and loved. Her desperate flight brought her at last, hurt, exhausted and heartsick, to an isolated cabin high in the red-rock country of Arizona--and, against her will, into the arms of a deeply disturbing stranger....

Adam Kendall had come to this lonely, untouched place to find peace of mind, and his secretive guest was far from welcome. He'd learned the hard way that there wasn't a woman alive who could be trusted--and she was clearly no exception. But the fear she couldn't hide, and the growing passion he couldn't deny, made it impossible to turn her away....