Jocelyn Montrose is the perfect woman to marry Clay
Blackthorne. A man who was once groomed to be President of
the United States and is now a Federal District Court Judge
and needs a good woman by his side. Jocelyn has breeding,
manners, looks and charm. She's also loved and worshiped
him long before he was betrothed to her sister, Giselle.
Clay and Giselle's marriage was a happy one until Giselle
was taken from them by cancer. Now it's Jocelyn's turn, for
Clay has found he loves her in a different way than her
sister.
However, the Grayhawk family intrudes into Blackthorne
business and everyone is preparing for an upcoming battle.
Even though she's not his wife yet, when the family dynasty
is threatened to be taken over by North Grayhawk, Jocelyn
is willing to make the ultimate sacrifice and stand up to
North, who alternately terrifies and attracts her. Before
anyone can stop her, she's off to make North a deal he
can't refuse.
Libby Grayhawk is different from the Montrose sisters in
every way. First and foremost, she's a hated Grayhawk, a
name that branded her at birth as a creature to be despised
for eternity. However, Libby was Clay's first love back
before he knew she was fatefully branded with the enemy's
name. Libby and Clay fell deeply and unequivocally in love,
and Libby became pregnant with his daughter, Kate. But then
King Grayhawk stepped in and the truth was revealed. Fate
brought them back together again a year ago, when Kate, now
in college, was kidnapped and Clay helped save her. For a
brief moment in time, their love burned fiercely and
consumed them with its perfectness. But Jocelyn's
confidences to Libby of her love for Clay, and the fact
that Jocelyn is not branded by the Grayhawk name, caused
Libby to walk away. Now that Clay is sitting on the bench
in a dangerous bombing case, no one close to him is safe.
However, Libby has a burning hope rekindled in her heart,
plus Kate has plans to make her mother the next Mrs.
Blackthorne. Only time and fate will tell who will become
the next Mrs. Blackthorne.
If tension had a name, it would be Joan Johnston for
she delivers the goods on all levels. Her characters reach
out and lasso you into their loves, their losses and their
lives. Another installment in the Blackthorne and Grayhawk
saga, these two families are more interesting and fiery
than the legendary Hatfields and McCoys. There are enough
emotional fireworks going off to satisfy even the most
ardent explosion aficionado. Refreshingly fast-paced and
intriguing, the action is nonstop. Romance and humanity
runs through the story like a river through a steady plot
of land. You can't help but be swept up in the lives of
people who have more in common than they'd ever think
possible. The spirit of Texas lives and breathes on with a
passion and a zest like no other in Johnston's world.
A lavish summer wedding is being planned at Bitter Creek ranch. In one month, Clay Blackthorne will wed socialite Jocelyn Montrose. But when she hears stirrings of a corporate takeover by the family's archrival, North Grayhawk, Jocelyn covertly heads to North's ranch to offer a valuable commodity -- herself -- if North will call off his plans. Striking a deal to spend the summer with the steely, seductive North, Jocelyn fails to see that her sacrifice to protect the man she loves may have dire consequences. Stunned by his fiancee's rejection, Clay, a newly appointed federal judge, begins presiding over an incendiary terrorism trial, which brings him face to face with his first love, Libby Grayhawk. As tensions mount, forces beyond Clay's control threaten the women most precious to him in the past and the present. And only in a daring act of sacrifice will he know which woman will become the next Mrs. Blackthorne.
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