Deep in the Heart — Barbara Bickmore

Carly Anderson left Verity, Texas--and her broken heart--behind and headed for Houston, where ambition and financial savvy have made her one of the most powerful and respected businesswomen in the city. Yet with each step up the ladder, she's tested-and tempted-by three extraordinary men:

Boomer Bannerman-The high school sweetheart who loved her and left her.

Cole Coleridge--Scion on one of Texas's wealthiest families, who will marry Carly, but never possess her.

Ben Coleridge--The enigmatic black sheep of the Coleridge family, whose affair with Carly is one of daring and desperation.

But it is also the women in Carly's life who will unsettle her tender Texas heart; her mother Francey, whose lost dreams finally find their way back home.

Her friend Zelda, who endures a life of shame until an act of violence gives her a second chance.

and Alexandra, Houston's reigning princess-and Carly's chief rival for the man they both adore...