Star of the West — Constance Conant

STAR-CROSSED DESTINY

Innocent and childlike, Raine was nothing but a bedraggled waif when Lance Randall rescued her from a San Francisco saloon full of brawling miners.

Singleminded in the pursuit of his business, ruthless in the pursuit of his enemies, outrageously successful in the pursuit of his women, Lance could have had any wife he wanted, but one look in Raine's hauntingly familiar face told him he must have the mysterious orphan for his own.

Dazzled by Lance's masterful courtship, Raine thought of him as a knight in shining armor until she learned of the dark secret that had made him win her heart...and the terrible betrayal that threatened to break it!