Chapter 1

It had been five years since Molly Stewart Bailey fled east Texas, secretly pregnant with Worth Cavanaugh's child. Now he was the state’s most powerful man and her mother’s boss. Molly would do anything to protect her son, but being in Worth’s indomitable presence had her taking all sorts of risks.

With his housekeeper’s daughter back on his ranch, Worth felt nothing but raging desire. He was determined to relive the passion that had nearly destroyed them both—for just one more night. And then he would uncover the secret that Molly had vowed to guard with her life…