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“You really don’t want to get involved with this, Bart Collingsworth. You really don’t want to get involved with me.”

He touched her arm. “Why don’t you let me be the judge of that?”

Jaclyn didn’t answer, but when he took her hand in his, she let him lead her back to the porch. “Tell me one good reason I should trust you.”

Bart smiled. “Because from the looks of things, you don’t have anyone else to go to for help and I’m offering.”

“You’re making a big mistake, cowboy. A monumental mistake.”

CAST OF CHARACTERS

Bart Collingsworth – Convinced Jaclyn is in trouble, he feels compelled to help her and must fight the almost overwhelming attraction he feels from the moment they meet.

Jaclyn McGregor – Though wary, she is forced to accept Bart Collingsworth’s help in finding her friend, who has disappeared without a trace.

Lenora Collingsworth – The strong but loving matriarch of the Collingsworth clan.

Langston, Matt and Zach Collingsworth – Bart’s brothers.

Jaime Collingsworth and Becky Ridgely – Bart’s sisters, both of whom live at Jack’s Bluff Ranch.

Margo Kite – Jaclyn’s friend who has disappeared from New Orleans.

Ed Guerra – Local Texas sheriff.

Senator Patrick Hebert – Louisiana politician believed to have been having an affair with Margo Kite before her disappearance.

Candy Hebert – The senator’s wife.

Win Bronson – Senator Hebert’s right-hand man.

Rene Clark – Foreman at Paradise Pleasures, a small Texas ranch owned by the senator and some of his friends.

Clay Markham – Private investigator hired by Bart Collingsworth.