The stigma of being a half-breed in 1885 Texas has made Hawk accustomed to public ridicule.Everyone in town shunned him-except for sweet and beautiful Abby McCormick who has befriended Hawk since they were children.Their tender friendship exploding in a passion neither can resist,Abbie and Hawk must keep their feelings for each other a secret if they do not want thereforbidden love to be discovered.Then one night,as Hawk is returning home after seeing Abby,he is ambushed,beaten,and left for dead.
The stigma of being a half-breed in 1885 Texas has made Hawk accustomed to public ridicule. Everyone in town shunned him - except for sweet and beautiful Abby McCormick who had befriended Hawk since they were children. Their tender friendship exploding in a passion neither can resist, Abby and Hawk must keep their feelings for each other a secret if they do not want their forbidden love to be discovered. Then one night, as Hawk is returning home after seeing Abby, he is ambushed, beaten, and left for dead. Four years have passed, and Hawk is back. Believing Abby's father is responsible for the attack on him, Hawk vows revenge on the rancher who shattered his life. He returns to the Circle M ranch to claim it for his own. But, instead of the heated challenge of his nemesis, he finds a broken man and a secret that may jeopardize his love for Abby. Soon Hawk and Abby are plunged into a test of courage as past and present collide in a fury of danger and desire...
