The Doubletree
To the Victor, the Spoils

Glenna Ashe had to get out of town fast. The advertisement for a frontier wife seemed an answer to her prayers--until she confronted the handsome, brooding widower she was soon to wed. Then even a cold Chicago jail began to look warmer than this Kansas rancher's icy indifference. What would it take to win her husband's heart?

Jared Stratton's home needed tending, his boy needed raising and his bed needed warming on a wintry night. He'd wanted a hardworking helpmeet--not a willful wife. But the more he fought his attraction to proud, headstrong Glenna, the more he realized a battle of love could only be won by surrender.. .