As a hard winter on the Colorado mountainside finally yields to spring, more than snow is melting in Angel's End... To Cassie Parker, Colorado is the farthest point on earth from the dusty, troubled life she left behind in Texas. Here she has a birthright--her grandfather's land not far from town--and a chance at a promising new start. And Jake Reece certainly is promising. There's never been a day in Jake's life that he didn't work harder than anyone...