title: The Drifter
author: Thies, Joyce
description: MR. APRIL
  Man: Jesse Hubbard--irresistible loner and proud part-owner of the Triple L Ranch.
  Nature: Wild at heart.
  Philosophy. Never to be tied down to any woman, until he met his provocative new partner.
  
  Jesse's longtime partner might have sold his share of the Triple L to his granddaughter, Terry Brubacker, but Jesse had no intention of allowing the luscious city slicker and her two boys to run roughshod over the land he loved. His plan was to buy mother and sons out. But that was before he found himself seduced by Terry's arousing charms. Still, Jesse knew who--and what--he was. And even as the passion exploded between them, he knew he couldn't risk his heart.