Lone Star Lonely(1999)

Maggie Shayne

THE BLACKMAILED BRIDE

Two years ago, Kirsten Cowan had married the richest, meanest man in Texas--for reasons she had to hide from Adam Brand, the man she'd left standing at another alter....

Even now, Kirsten had to keep her secret, though she stood accused of her late husband's murder. Even though Adam Brand betrayed his own family to take her into hiding...

Because she knew the love they both felt couldn't be denied--just like the terrible, irreversible truth....