title: Slade
author: Lence, Julie
description: A wonderful, gritty, old west romance... Shanna Hatfield, USA Today Best Selling Author
  
  Managing the farm since her pa's death hasn't been easy for Jillianne Prescott. The list of repairs is long and money is scarce. To add to her burdens is the deal Ma struck up with the sheriff. In exchange for food and a warm bed, the sheriff sends his prisoners to work the farm. Never one to bother with men, Jillianne is nonetheless thankful for the help, until, one by one, they run off. This latest one won't be any different. Heavily muscled and full of tomfoolery, she has no doubt he'll sneak off to Mexico before the sunrises. But when he proves her wrong, and takes it upon himself to find the coyote prowling the farm at night, Jillianne can't help but admit there's more to Slade than sinew and tomfoolery.
  
  Be the guest at anecktie social or work at the widow Prescott's farm? He might be an outlaw, andhave a lot of faults, but stupidity isn't one of them. Slade Barlow will hideout at the farm until tempers cool and then leave Texas for good, have thespread he's been saving for. But the widow isn't the frail woman he expected.And her daughter does things to his gut best left ignored. Then again, Jill hasan intriguing birthmark. And curves his fingers itch to explore. Sassy andpretty, she's the type of woman a man marries. Never one to favor a woman'slong list of rules, he'll keep his distance, track down her coyote, and steal morethan one kiss from her.