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Dear Reader,

The strangest things prompt writers to create a story. Of course, my primary goal as a Superromance author is to tell a love story that has a happy ending. To me, that’s the heart of my stories. The backbone often comes from obscure news articles, overheard conversations or a passing comment. In the case of this book, it was a small ad in the back of a conservation magazine.

The ad was titled “Buy into Conservation” and went as follows: “Wanted, buyer for an 18,600-acre oasis in beautiful Oregon’s high desert. Abundant wildlife includes pronghorn deer and bald eagles. The property comes with more than 25,000 acres of public grazing and allotments and three home sites along the river.” It ended with “Conservation buyers purchase property for their private use with certain restrictions on their development activities. By doing so, the buyer helps safeguard imperiled landscapes.”

As a former Oregonian, I remain passionate about land in its natural state. I’m someone who loves clean air, clear streams and unobstructed mountain views. Someone who routinely bemoans encroaching development on the beautiful desert near where I currently live, in Arizona. So this ad nagged me. It whispered and shouted and nudged until I dreamed up Summer Marsh, a cattle rancher in danger of losing her beloved ranch. And Coltrane (Colt) Quinn, a horse breeder. While serving his country on foreign soil, Colt lost his land when his greedy wife had him declared legally dead.

I don’t know whether anyone bought the Oregon ranch I saw advertised. I hope so. And I hope my readers agree that it should end up in the hands of people like Summer and Colt.

Roz Denny Fox

P.S. Write me at P.O. Box 17480-101, Tucson, Arizona, 85731 or e-mail me at rdfox@worldnet.att.net.