The Pretender — Rosalyn West

The Men of Pride County They were bold, powerful... and willing to risk anything for the land--and the women--they love.

In the heat of the Civil War, blue-uniformed Deacon Sinclair was nursed to health by beautiful Garnet Davis. First he captured her heart and then he stole her innocence--for he was neither really wounded nor Union, and though he took away valuable information to his graycoat comrades, he left something behind: a babe he never knew was his.

Years later, Deacon has returned to Pride County, ready to test his rippling muscles against the yoke of servitude to buy back his heritage. But Garnet must also struggle: can she trust this man who once shattered her world but took her to dizzying heights of passion and completed a union stronger than any forged by war?