Lonesome Heart - Lone Star Hearts, Bk 1 Author:Vera Dodge Emily Harper is running late to a business meeting about selling her family's land to pay her mother's medical bills when she's rear-ended by a handsome stranger. After giving him a piece of her mind, she heads to her meeting and discovers the stranger is Calvin Hart, eldest of the three Hart brothers, owner of the adjoining ranch, a... more »nd the man who wants to buy her land. Calvin offers a fair price, but Emily hates to part with the land, and the negotiations bring the two together more often than Emily would have thought. But is Calvin just interested in her land? Or does all the attention he's paying her mean he's as into her as she is him?
Just when Emily thinks she's falling in love, she discovers that Calvin has discovered deep pockets of oil on his land just where it abuts hers. He has been trying to buy her land with its valuable oil at a fraction of what it's really worth. She no longer wants anything to do with him, but Calvin will do anything to prove that he didn't mean to use her and that his affection is real. Will Emily ever be able to trust him?« less