Renegade Embrace — Virginia Brown

THE MAN OF HER FANTASIES
Lovely Laurette Allen was shocked by the barbarity of life in California. At her very first fiesta, she was pulled into the shadows and forcibly kissed by tall, dark Cade Caldwell. But much worse than the manners of the menfolk was the cruelty of the tax collectors who preyed on the local villagers. Laurie was determined to do something about it -- even if it meant flirting with a few self-important officials. What she really wished was that a hero on horseback would sweep down on the town and rid them of the villains with the tip of his flashing sword. A hero whose courage would put to shame that blackguard Caldwell, whose mocking eyes reminded her of that brief surrender to his shocking, thrilling caresses -- and promised her the fulfillment of her most secret fantasies...

A WOMAN MADE FOR LOVING
Cade could only laugh when he heard the rumors of a mysterious masked rider who swept down on the notorious tax collectors and stole the money back for the villagers with supernatural ease. It was about time something shook up this backward town. Between the excitement of the heroic "El Vengador" -- The Avenger -- And Cade's newest pursuit, the fiery, cat-eyed Laurie Allen, life wasn't quite as boring as usual. But Cade had learned the hard way never to trust a woman. And the privileged Miss Allen was no exception. Beneath her ladylike pretensions beat the wanton heart of a woman made for loving -- his loving. She'd succumb to him as easily as the tax collectors surrendered to El Vengador -- and the prize would be even sweeter...