Back cover: Breathtakingly beautiful Selina Beaumont had agreed to an arranged marriage to save her beloved Louisiana plantation, but she dreaded kissing the stiff, unsmiling Texan who had claimed her in wedlock. Selina didn't believe what her mother told her, that a woman could learn to love a man. And when she met Layne Smith, the rugged wagoneer who'd been hired to escort her to Texas, she knew at a glance that this was the man who would make her heart pound for passion.