Traditions — Barbara Kaye

IT JUST WASN'T NEIGHBORLY

Cassie Tate was a stickler for tradition. She operated her family's West Texas ranch the same way it had been run for generations. So when city boy Scott Maitland had the gall to buy up the neighboring spread, she was furious.

Scott started planting grass, putting up fences and violating all the unwritten codes of ranching--and that was something Cassie couldn't tolerate. She was determined to put him straight.

But when Scott began to court Cassie, she felt a change of heart coming on. Love and marriage were, after all, tradition....