The Devil and the Farmer’s Daughter by JoAnna Marie

Jemma Jean Kenner is ‘the prettiest girl within a hundred miles of anywhere’, or so says her father, Owen. Unfortunately, most of the time she’s unrecognizable as a girl, thanks to the men’s clothes she wears. In her mind, a practical choice if you’re weeding and hoeing a garden all day long or out shooting something for supper.Nope! Not your typical young lady!When Owen Kenner files a homestead claim on some Colorado acreage, he and his three daughters are off to a new and better life. Or so they believe.Gibson Hawley, their rancher neighbor to the south, has other ideas. As far as Hawley is concerned, the Kenners are nothing but squatters on land Hawley has claimed as his own for as long as anyone can remember. When an unknown entity buys up the land that is Hawley’s most direct route to get his cattle to the railhead, his only other option is the Kenner farm. When Hawley’s efforts to persuade the Kenners to leave are unsuccessful, he brings in a hired gun.Cain Deverelle is a man with a reputation for getting results. San Francisco society sees Cain Deverelle as one of their own. A wealthy gentleman in high demand by all the mamas of marriageable age daughters. But away from San Francisco and for those willing . . . and able . . . to pay his price, he is a gun-for-hire. And thanks to a newspaper article, his exploits have inspired a series of successful dime novels. The hero in those novels? A sinfully handsome man known as The Devil.Cain accepts Hawley’s job offer but he soon suspects there is more to it than just evicting a family of squatters. A simple eviction would in no way justify the outlandish fee Hawley has agreed to pay Cain. Nor would it take six months to do it.Although that pretty young miss hiding beneath men’s clothing is making the job more appealing by the moment.Things come to a head when the mysterious land buyer kidnaps Jemma. When Cain goes after her, he discovers the real reason behind the land grab.A reason that could cost Cain and Jemma their lives.Can he save the feisty young woman he has come to love?