USA Today bestselling author Beverly Jenkins profits with the initial book inside a breathtaking new series occur the Old West

Rhine Fontaine is building the successful life he’s always dreamed of-one that depends upon him passing for White colored. But for the first time in years, he desires he could come out from behind the façade. The reason: Eddy Carmichael, the youthful female he rescued in the desert. Outspoken, defiant, and beautiful, Eddy tempts Rhine in ways that may cost him everything . and the price seems worth having to pay.

Eddy owes her existence to Rhine, but she won’t risk her center for him. When she’s saved enough money from her cooking, she’ll leave this Nevada town and move to California. Regardless of how handsome he is, no matter how fiery heat between them, Rhine will never be hers. Giving in for just one night time might quench this longing. Or it might ignite an affair as reckless and irresistible as it is normally forbidden . . .