title: Thorton's Desire
author: Faulkner, Carolyn
description: Beau Thornton was going to die - especially if his larger than life, over-protective brothers continued to coddle him like a baby instead of expecting him to do as much for himself as he could.  But that wasn't what Beau Thornton wanted to hear from that little slip of a woman, Heather Dennison, even if she did think she was God's gift to physical therapy.  And darned if she didn't get under his skin like no other woman ever had.  She was strong - going toe to toe with him on more than one occasion about his older brother's care, but still, she was a skittish thing at times - like when he pulled her close for a kiss, or took her over his lap for a long overdue spanking...