Hunter's Touch

Bess Dulaney and Hunter McDougall have loved each other since they were too young to fully understand what that meant. Then Hunter realized that he could not yet give Bess the life she deserved. His pride would not let him marry her and take her to live in his dirt-floor cabin. But he loved her so much, wanted her so much, that he didn't trust himself around her. So he tries to keep her at arm's length.

Bess fears his actions mean he no longer loves her. After two years of agony, she decides...