Maverick Heart: A Novel

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In a novel of high-riding adventure and long-simmering desire, New York Times bestselling author Joan Johnston brings to life a sweeping story of lost love, shattering secrets, and a passion waiting to be reclaimed.

More than twenty years ago, young Verity Talbot made the ultimate sacrifice to protect the man she loved: She married the brute who'd threatened to kill him. Verity, now the Countess of Rushland, also kept a shattering secret, allowing the son of Miles Broderick, Viscount Linden, to be raised as another mans heir. Now a widow, Verity and her grown son, Rand, arrive in the Wyoming Territory to begin a new lifeonly to face a reckoning.

When Miles makes the stunning realization that hes just saved the life of the only woman he has ever lovedwho chose to marry another manhe is torn between anger at her betrayal and uncontrolled desire. Miles is shattered and rages against fate when he learns the truth about the son he never knew existeduntil Rand is captured by a Sioux warrior. Suddenly, Miles realizes that the only future worth living is one with Verityas they race to rescue their son and fulfill their dreams.

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Joan Johnstonis theNew York TimesandUSA Todaybestselling author of more than sixty historical and contemporary romance novels. She received a master of arts degree in theater from the University of Illinois and graduated with honors from the University of Texas School of Law at Austin. She is currently a full-time writer living in Colorado.