Cheyenne's Lady Author:Patricia Rice Her heart pounded as his lips closed over hers. Never before had she been kissed like this... never before had she been so willing to surrender to love's passionate promise... — Daughter of New Mexico cattle baron and an enchantingly lovely Mexican aristocrat, Maria Connolly had inherited her father's courage and strength and her mother's pride a... more »nd beauty. But with both her parents dead, she found herself alone and vulnerable as her person and property came under siege by the local landowner who wanted to possess both. That was when Cheyenne Walker rode into her life, guns glittering on his hips, offering Maria the help and strength she do desperately needed and the passionate embraces she so hungrily desired.« less