xCYou canxt just read one Linda HowardxD Catherine CoulterCathryn Ashe is looking to make a quick trip back home to the ranch shes owned for years since her fathers death before returning to her city life When she was seventeen she and Rule Jackson the ranch manager had a torrid entanglement after which she ran away Now eight years later she returns sure of herself and her newfound independence and ready to challenge him againBut Rule had raised the stakes and if she lost now the penalty would be high her heart the heart that she finally knew had always been his for the takingBut Rule once wild and now reformed has never been as passionate about any woman as he is with Cathryn However the two of them together always end up fighting and disagreeing As she stays longer Rule cant help but fall in love with her Can Rule show Cathryn that they are meant to be together.