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  KYLE AND TILLIE BELLAMY EVENTUALLY SOLD THE BAR B and moved back east. Dee received one letter from Tillie saying that they were happy and were considering a move to New Orleans. She never heard from Tillie again.

  Luis and Olivia Fronteras traveled for two years, then to her parents’ delight returned to Prosper and bought land just west of the Bar B. Though Wilson Millican was never certain just how his son-in-law supported Olivia, they always seemed to have money and he didn’t think he should inquire too closely. Olivia was happier than he’d ever seen her, and that was all he asked. He never would have imagined his sedate daughter as having a streak of adventure in her, but he had to admit it suited her. Then, in swift procession, Olivia presented her husband with three daughters. She couldn’t have made him happier, because Luis was always delighted to be surrounded by females.

  Lucas and Dee Cochran had five children. Three boys came first, hell-raisers just like he had predicted. The next two were girls, and by the time the oldest one was a year old Lucas was worrying. His baby girls were so much like their mother that he knew he wouldn’t draw an easy breath for the rest of his life.

  He and Dee fought and yelled and made up. The house rang with noise and passion. He wouldn’t have had it any other way.

  LINDA HOWARD is the award-winning author whose New York Times bestsellers include Open Season, Mr. Perfect, All the Queen’s Men, Now You See Her, Kill and Tell, and Son of the Morning. She lives in Alabama with her husband and two golden retrievers.