SHE KNEW HE WAS WAITING FOR HER . . . Kate Whittman never wanted anyone but Texas rancher Jason Donovan. Even as a teen, she had fantasized about his touch, masking her emotions in teasing banter and easy friendship. Now at twenty, Kate was a sensual, beautiful woman with a woman's need for a man's embrace. Yet Kate was also a woman of exceptional talent. And when her fashion designs brought her a fabulously tempting offer, she rushed to share the news with Jason. But the proud owner of the Diamond Spur Ranch had only scorn for her success -- and definite plans of his own. Without warning, he covered her mouth with a blazing kiss, sparking her smoldering feelings into flames of red-hot desire. This was what she yearned for... though surrender could turn her other dreams to ashes. For becoming Jason's woman might mean having to choose between the man she loved and everything else the world offered.