Defiant Splendor — Michalann Perry

AN UNPOLISHED GEM
Cassie Wyman had one goal: to mine the gold her father had discovered. It didn't matter that she had to parade around as a man to protect herself from the other miners, just so long as she was able to stake her claim. Then she met pace McAllister. One glance into his piercing green eyes and she knew that being a woman had certain advantages. Especially when it came to a stolen caress, or being kissed by the tall, dark stranger. Once touched by Race's magic, Cassie knew she was under his spell, at his command...

A GOLDEN EMBRACE
Trace McAllister took one look at the dirty, scruffy miner he met on a stagecoach and saw beyond the disguise--he saw a luscious vixen trapped by her own device. But the young beauty couldn't hide her charms for long. Her creamy skin was like silk to his touch, her swan-like neck was ripe for his kiss. Race knew that he was the one meant to awaken the innocent woman-child to the joys of love, to take her beyond desire in DEFIANT SPLENDOR