Desire's Promise — Karen A. Bale

A PASSION FOR VENGEANCE...
Cassidy Raines had come to St. Louis on a mission of vengeance. She wouldn't rest until she'd destroyed the powerful businessman who'd murdered her mother in a jealous rage. Planning to use her youth and beauty to seduce him was the first step in Cassidy's plan. But she hadn't reckoned on Dalton Granger, who'd returned from her past to ignite flashfire emotions that would soon blaze out of control...

...A DESIRE FOR LOVE
It was seven years since Dalton Granger last saw Cassidy...seven years since they'd gone their separate ways -- she to a boarding school in Boston, he to Missouri. Cassidy still wore the silver bracelet he'd given her as a pledge of their love. But the little girl was gone. In her place was a ravishing temptress playing a dangerous, desperate game of revenge. Dalton was betrothed to another woman, but Cassidy was the only one who could fulfill...Desire's Promise