His scars were visible. Hers . . . weren't.

      Lisel Garrick never expected to be stranded in Dawson, Colorado, at the mercy of a saloon-owning gambler named Brent Laskin. But then, she never expected her little brother Daniel to gamble with borrowed money! Now it's up to Lisel to set things right, even though it means tangling with a man she has every reason to despise.

      Scarred and without a woman for more years than he cares to count, Brent Laskin insists on marriage as the only way Lisel can pay off the debt her brother owes. Lisel tells him no, but he refuses to take no for an answer. The trouble is, he might just have to.

One thing is certain: Lisel is more than a match for Brent. She is a woman with a past . . . and with a mind of her own.

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