title: Lovers and Warriors
author: Dial, Joan
description: 1846. Mexico and the United States engaged in bitter struggle over the magnificent California Territory. This is the story of that struggle and some of the lives it touched--
  
  Kyla de Rivero--Blond and blue-eyed, beautiful and strong. Forced to marry Desmond Talmage by proxy to keep her legacy. She didn't count on falling in love with the proxy....
  
  Quint Delleroc--A fiery-haired, handsome rogue. He took his proxy role too far. After a lifetime of outrageous adventure, true love was something he wasn't ready for....
  
  Desmond Talmage--A religious and sensitive man. Fate had forced him to share an identity with Delleroc. He was entirely selfless - until he found love in an unexpected place....
  
  Miguel Marques--Raised as Kyla's brother, he grew to love her as a woman. He would fight for her love, but fought even more passionately to save California from the Yankees....