Wide Open Spaces

by Roz Denny Fox

The Forked Lightning Ranch, near Callanton, Oregon

Summer Marsh wants to hang on to her family's cattle spread. It's the only life she knows…and it's her son's legacy.

Summer's ex-husband, Frank, sees the ranch as a cash cow—literally. With the collusion of his new girlfriend, he's trying to sell it to a developer at an inflated price. Summer has to come up with almost four million dollars in order to buy Frank out. Impossible! She might be land rich but she's cash poor.

Then there's Coltrane Quinn. He's a broken-down soldier and one-time horse breeder, and like Summer, he was betrayed by his ex. Now he's working for the conservation group Save Open Spaces. He's hoping to buy the Forked Lightning on behalf of SOS, which acquires failing ranches in order to preserve the land.

Colt's operating in secrecy, so things get complicated when he falls for Summer. They get even more complicated when she falls for him!

304 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published March 1, 2002

About the author

Roz saw her first book, Red Hot Pepper, published by Harlequin Books in February 1990. She has written for several Harlequin series lines as well as special projects and online serials. Besides being a writer Roz has worked as a medical secretary and as an administrative assistant for both an elementary school and a community college. Part of her love for writing came from moving around with her husband during his tenure in the Marine Corps and later as a telephone engineer. The richness of settings and diversity of friendships she's experienced continue to find their way into Roz's stories.