Rebel Heat — Judith Steel

NEVER MEANT TO BE TOGETHER,
Raised by the Apaches, the widow of a proud warrior, Shelley Britton knows she has no place in the white man's world. Alone on her desert ranch with her frightened young daughter, she has every reason to fear the tall, lean stranger who appears at her door with a blood-stained letter...even as he awakens longings for a future that can never be.

...NOTHING COULD KEEP THEM APART
He is an ex-Confederate soldier, a fugitive with a price on his head. Sick in body and soul, bound by a deathbed promise, Miles Cavanaugh had ridden into a land he'd hoped never to see again. Yet here, amid the deep arroyos and rushing waters of the winding Pecos River, he must find the strength to heal and to trust, as he discovers a passion that crosses all barriers...and a love he will cherish to the end of his days.