title: A Father's Stake
author: Wilson, Mary Anne
description: The ranch should have been his…
  
  To struggling single mom and L.A. waitress Grace Evans, a ranch was a place for horses and cowboys -- not a place for her and her daughter to live. Now, thanks to a shocking windfall from her estranged father, she owns one! It's a crazy notion, but Wolf Lake could be her shot at a whole new life in New Mexico. The only question is: Can she handle it?
  
  Obviously Jack Carson, the handsome and haunted rightful heir to Wolf Lake, doesn't think so. And he isn't about to hand over the reins without a fight. But the more he tries to scare her off, the more intrigued she's becoming….