Demelza Hart 
Dust and Desire 

When your best friend already gives you the pleasure you crave, can anyone better it? But tough lives call for tough decisions.Chase Truman is a man under pressure. He s got a five thousand acre ranch to manage, he s lost Blue Ridge mountain, and he can t find himself a woman. But when he stumbles upon Riff Felton, the man who stole Blue Ridge from him, and finds himself held with a gun against his head, he doesn t resist. His relationship with Riff goes way back, and soon Chase and Riff are making up for lost time, soothing each other s pain in the way they love. But something s missing. Chase wants more and thinks he ll find it in the right lady. Luckily for him, a breakdown on the railroad is about to deliver Miss Adeline Monroe into his hands, a headstrong, wealthy young woman from Boston with a very modern attitude. But is there room for two in Chase s life?