Hidden Fire — Phyllis Herrmann

She was fire and ice, a prim and proper Boston governess yearning to be free. Who could blame Mary Margaret Simpson for being curt to the unruly-looking John Adams Worthington? Her wealthy cousins were now tragically dead and their young children, Mary Margaret's charges, were about to find a new home with this dusty-booted "black sheep" uncle from Wyoming. A man bound by a shell of hurt and a secret family shame, Worth was determined to raise the children on his ranch. A writer who had long kept her career -- and her considerable talent -- a secret, Mary Margaret was determined to begin a new life on her own. But she could not help feeling Worth's blue eyes caressing her, or keep from noticing how his shaggy hair was tipped with blond. Then with one touch, he was no longer her adversary, but her ally and more. A fountain of passion had been tapped. Soon, she would dare to leave Boston for the untamed West, where love -- and destiny -- breathlessly awaited.