Heart of Alaska — Kathleen Sage

Innocence Lost...

Bet Goldman has known Jesse Wheeler all her life. When she was a crippled child, he taught her to ride his stallion, Firestriker, giving her the strength to walk for the first time. When she was a young girl, they shared Christmases at his ranch, warming each other with innocent kisses. Now they are in their thirties, and though each is promised to someone else, Jesse's face is still etched in Bet's dreams ... his velvety voice still sounds in her head. But like a favorite fantasy, he is too exquisite to entertain...

Then, on a steamship bound for the Klondike, the fates give Bet a roommate. Jesse has come to win her with long, slow kisses and hungry caresses. Bet tries to fight the searing attraction she has long denied, but they are alone in a tiny cabin, with all the time in the world--and all the passion of a lifetime...