Sequel to: Dreams rekindled.

"Alexandria Tarkington flees a spurned suitor and reunites with her father in Mesquite Springs. She doesn't know that Gabe Seymour, whom she met on the stagecoach, is a private investigator determined to unmask a con man . . . her father" --

Threatened by a spurned suitor, Alexandria Tarkington flees New York and travels to Mesquite Springs, Texas, where her father is building a hotel. She carves out a niche for herself, teaching the schoolchildren to paint. She met Gabe Seymour on the stagecoach, and enjoys his company. But she is unaware he is a private investigator searching for proof her father is a swindler. Will their secrets keep them apart, or will the sparks they feel kindle the fire of true love? -- adapted from back cover