Forced to wed a brutal rancher to pay her brother’s poker debts, Sahara Caldwell scarcely mourned the man’s sudden death on her wedding night—especially since the shapely strawberry blonde now found herself owner of his ranch and a vast stagecoaching empire. But a partner was part of the deal—Dan Madigan, a dark-eyed, forceful man whose will was as strong as her own and whose magnetic virility made her tremble with desire.