Cassandra Author:Gloria Dale Skinner Cassandra Rakefield had to be a self-made woman because at an early age she'd learned not to trust anything a man ever said. When her grandfather died and left her the ranch, he also left her cash poor until her inheritance was granted when she turned twenty-five. By the time rustlers finished the job, she knew her only way to survive was to com... more »e up with a way to get her inheritance as quickly as possible. The only glitch in her plan was that in order to get her due, she had to deal with the devil himself. Dustin Bennett, the man who five years earlier had left her standing at the alter after he'd taken her virtue and stolen her heart, was back, and she had a score to settle.
Dustin Bennett had left Wyoming, gone to Kansas City, and become a lawyer. Dustin had left Cassandra a letter explaining his actions. He'd never stopped loving Cassandra. The fact that she had not given him a chance to explain what he started in the letter many years before made him feel all the worse for his past actions. He knew Cassandra didn't trust him and she had no reason to ever speak to him again. Still, it didn't change the fact that he held all the cards where the Triple R Ranch was concerned. Cassandra Rakefield had a fierce amount of pride, but she wasn't stupid and she knew she was going to have to let Dustin Bennett help her. But she didn't have to like it and neither did he. Dustin Bennett knew that Cassandra had only her pride left, and he wants more than anything to prove he's the man who can take the chip off her shoulder that he'd placed there five years earlier. Cassandra, is a swiftly moving love story, filled with passion and heart-warming characters!« less