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After the comancheros murdered her mother and father, and raped her sister, Johanna is the sole provider for her and her pregnant sister. The good women of each community they have moved to have asked them to leave becuase of the shame of her sister's pregnancy. In desperation, and hope, Johanna accepts the job of housekeeper and takes off across country with her sister in tow to the Macklin ranch. There she encounters the mean-spirited owner, and the bitter son, who runs the ranch. Through her kindness and diligence, Johanna brings light and love into Bur's life, even though he does his best to ignore her.

A book from an earlier generation of Dorothy Garlock's treasures, but still enjoyable.

Johanna Doan was a golden-haired, slender woman whose tragic beauty hid her bold determined spirit. She has lived through her parents murder, and her sister's rape and pregnancy; now she could survive the intrigues at the Macklin ranch. For here, housekeeping with her sister, Johanna is expected to marry the son of the cruel landowner himself. And young Burr Macklin is eveything Johanna fears and desires: a courageous man who arrouses her passions, but one who needs to learn that a woman's heart can never be taken by force .. only won with love.

Johanna Doan was a golden haired, slender woman whose tragic beauty hid her bold, determined spirit. She had lived through her parents' murder and her sister's rape and pregnancy; now she could survive the intrigues at the Macklin ranch. For here, housekeeping with her sister, Johanna is expected to marry the son of the cruel landowner himself. And young Burr Macklin is everything Johanna fears and desires: a courageous man who arouses her passions, but one who needs to learn that a woman's heart can never be taken by force...only won with love.