ANGEL CREEK After her father died, beautiful Dee Swann held on to her homestead in the Colorado hills, ? ercely determined that no one would claim her land -- or her independence. Then ruthless, ambitious Lucas Cochran came to Angel Creek valley to challenge her on both counts.... He needs the valley's cool waters to turn the drought-cursed high country into the cattle dynasty he craves. But as their ? ery confrontation ? ares into a wild and unfettered passion, they are bound together in a dangerous destiny -- with much more than just frontier dreams at stake.... A LADY OF THE WEST Victoria Waverly was a noble daughter of the war-ruined South -- and wife in name only to a heartless Western rancher. Yet neither honor nor pride could quench her forbidden desire for hired gunman Jake Roper. His narrow gaze, hard as ice, hid tender emotions -- and he cursed his burning need for this graceful, innocent lady. For the blazing New Mexico territory called him to ? ght for the sweeping ranchland that was his birthright. On a mission to set right the past across the lawless land, the powerful cowboy and the aristocratic beauty would reach the heights of passion -- and step closer to the ? ames of destruction....