Dawn Baca

Her Heart's Desire Dawn Baca

A loving woman's desire . . . Sophie Compte leads a charmed life. Blessed with brains, beauty, and wealth she's spent her whole life preparing to someday take the reins of the family business, a horse breeding farm world-renowned for its championship lineage. Also lucky in love, Sophie expects to marry the only boy ever to win her heart-if she can convince the man he's become to bury his foolish pride. A strong man's honor . . . Claude Durand loves Sophie more than his next breath, but loving her and being worthy of her are two different things. He appreciates the long-term employment assured to him and his widowed mother by Sophie's family, but he is determined to earn it for himself. For Claude, this means becoming an accomplished veterinarian so his value to the Compte business will never be questioned. He'll marry Sophie because she owns his heart, but not until he's proven to the world he's the man she deserves. Threatened by scandal and pride . . . Turmoil erupts when the elite Compte horses are compromised by drugs. As the spiraling scandal threatens Sophie's legacy, Claude's hard-earned reputation, and puts their families at risk, the lovers race to find the culprit before all they've worked for is lost. Sophie believes their love is strong enough to survive anything but fears Claude's stubborn pride is stronger. She'll do anything to convince him that win or lose, he is her heart's desire.