She was his brother's future wife...
Arriving by train in the isolated Fort Worth, Amelia Carson's heart trembled. She was a mail-order bride for Dallas Lee. However, at the station, it wasn't Dallas who awaited her, but his tall, rugged brother, Houston, who had come to escort her to the Lee family ranch. Having grown up in Georgia, a state scarred by the recent war, Amelia had believed from reading Dallas's letters that Texas would be something of a paradise, the place where she would finally find happiness beside the "right" man.

And the only woman he would ever love...
Undoubtedly, Houston Lee could not be described as the "right" man. Having fought himself, he left the battlefields scarred both inside and out, and could never compete with his handsome brother. But from the moment Houston met Amelia, he realized she had the courage needed to survive in the wild land of Texas. What shook him, however, was that her eyes could see beyond his wounded face and reach his soul. Houston felt he could fight anyone to win her heart - anyone except his brother.