Cabot, Amanda, 1948- Mesquite Springs #1

"When a fire destroys the orphanage where she worked, Evelyn Radcliffe flees to the Texas Hill Country with an orphan in tow and a killer in pursuit. Will a rugged horse rancher hold the key to her future-and her past?"--

1850s. Ten years after her parents were killed, Evelyn Radcliffe is once more homeless: the orphanage where she worked has burned to the ground. Only she and a young orphan girl escaped. They flee to Mesquite Springs in the Texas Hill Country and find shelter in the home of Wyatt Clark, a horse rancher whose plans don't include a family of his one. But trouble has followed her to Mesquite Springs. Can Wyatt keep Evelyn safe from the man who wants her dead? -- adapted from back cover