A Lady Divided

<p><strong>Just when she thinks she's defeated the past it returns with a vengeance.</strong></p><p> </p><p>Fighting to keep her late husband's dream alive and her land-grabbing neighbors at bay Laurel Tillman longs for a peace she knew before the war. But when her skill with a rifle saves a stranger from a mountain lion attack-a man whose life she once wouldn't have hesitated to take-wartime memories rush back. </p><p>While raising her daughter and taking responsibility for the stray women who work on her sheep ranch Laurel can't wait to get the injured Yankee out of her house. Getting him out of her heart is an entirely different matter. </p><p>Quinn Spencer a former Union cavalry officer owes Laurel a debt but his career as a new lawyer in town comes with a warning to stay away from the unconventional women of La Casa del Fuego. Then with the discovery of a dead man on Laurel's ranch Quinn must choose between his career and justice for a woman who can't bear the sight of him. </p><p>As they battle an unknown adversary who sets out to destroy Laurel will she join forces with her former enemy? Or will she allow the past to overcome any chance of a truce between them . . . and possibly something more?</p><p> </p><p><em>Meet the women of La Casa del Fuego-House of Fire-as they are forced by circumstances to live their lives outside the bounds of accepted femininity.</em></p>