Valley of Fire — Janelle Taylor

Would their love be consumed in the valley of fire?

The woman lying unconscious in the Nevada desert was Kathy Alexander, romance writer. The man who rescued her, who at first identified himself as Lance Reynolds, was really Steven Winngate, owner of a vast, far-reaching oil empire. Their meeting could have occurred in one of Kathy's many novels, except that Kathy's readers were always assured a happy ending.

Having learned the price of fame, Steven and Kathy endlessly circled one another, wary and uncertain, reluctant to be honest, seeking the truth without revealing the love they hoped to discover. Theirs was an ageless battle, one in which both could win gloriously--or lose painfully....