title: Desert Rose
author: Lloyd, Frances
description: HE WAS GORGEOUS .. .
  
  But Natalie hadn't meant to faint at Josh Forde's feet. She had arrived at his Australian outback ranch in a jolting truck that had destroyed all of her feeble attempts to hold on to her dignity--and her balance.
  
  Then Natalie's gaze moved up a pair of khaki-clad legs to dark eyes that surveyed her with a disdain she felt bound to erase. She'd show Josh that she wasn't a mere socialite on holiday. She could be as strong as any  woman he'd known--and she'd make sure of one thing: she'd never, ever fall in love with him.