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TheprequeltotheNewYorkTimesbestsellerTheCowboySprawling1840sTexascomesaliveinthehandsofJoanJohnston,NewYorkTimesbestsellingauthorofTheCowboyandTheTexan.IntroducingtheunforgettableCreeddynasty,transportingusbacktoawild,lawlessfrontier,FrontierWomanbringsusastirring,passionatestoryofTexasRangerJarrettCreedandthefree-spiritedbeautywhocaptureshisheart...awomansworntolovenoman....CapturedbyComanchesasaboy,JarrettCreedgrewtomanhoodtornbetweentwoworlds.ButwiththeyoungrepublicundersiegefromravagingMexicanarmiesandmaraudingIndiantribesalike,hemadehischoice.Now,asasecretgovernmentmissionbringstheTexasRangertolovelyCricketStewart’sdoor,hemustchooseagain.Theyoungestdaughterofawealthygentlemanplanter,Cricketliveslifeasshepleasesandvowsnevertobeawifetoanyman.UntilthedayJarrettCreedsavesherfromavengingComanches...byclaimingherashisbride.Thelastthingeitherexpectsistofallinlove.Butasatraitorousconspiracyandasecrettragedytesttheirnewfoundunion,awild-spiritedbeautyandaTexaslawmanwilldiscoverjusthowfartheywillgofortheirprecioushomeland...andforalovethatcouldfreethemfromthesorrowsofthepast....