True Sweetheart Secrets #10

When Gilda returns to her hometown, she sets her sights on Doug, the fiancé of her plain-jane friend Laura—and uses every bit of charm and cunning she possesses to win him away. But as a terrible winter storm traps them together on a desolate road, Gilda discovers that her conquest may have come at a cost she never anticipated, and that Doug's feelings about what she's done run far deeper than she bargained for.

When Marshal Cinch Larrabee rides into Wayne County posing as a drifter named Buck Larson, he discovers that the town is under the thumb of a crooked lawyer named Ward Mattison—and that Gail Stanhope, the troubled young woman running a small hotel, has lost everything to him. As Cinch earns Gail's trust and affection by standing up to Mattison's men, she places her faith in the very lawman whose identity he's hiding, putting Cinch in an agonizing position between protecting her and his undercover mission.

A woman caught between two loves faces an impossible choice when her longtime sweetheart Hal leaves for six months on a construction job in South America. During his absence, she's swept up in a whirlwind romance with the charming but irresponsible Dick Crowder, whose grandmother's goblet becomes a symbol of his devotion—but as weeks pass, she begins to question whether excitement and spontaneity are enough. Now, with Hal's return just around the corner and Dick growing more possessive, Terry must decide what her heart truly wants before circumstances force her hand.