Branded by the Outlaw

Nell Carver buried her father on a Tuesday and lost the ranch by Friday. Dante Vescari bought the Silver Spur with cash in a duffel bag and a name the county whispers about. He needs a wife to hold the land. She needs his protection to find out who killed her father. It's a contract, not a marriage — until the first night he takes her against the tack room wall and neither of them remembers whose name is on the deed. But Dante's family didn't send him west to ranch. They sent him to bury something, and Nell is standing on top of it. When his cousin comes to collect, Dante has to choose between the blood he was born to and the woman he branded with his hands. Some secrets burn clean. This one leaves a scar.