Publisher Comments: Columbine would honor her promise to marry Jack Bellounds, but her heart was with another man. She and Jack were like beauty and the beast, but the result would be blood -- not love. A troubled young woman with a mysterious past, Columbine came home to her adopted father's Colorado ranch. There, she was forced to to marry his explosive son ... a man who couldn't earn his keep, couldn't tame his temper, and surely wouldn't die alone.