Romance at the Hacienda

The trail to happiness is filled with obstacles and danger. Timothy Sterling scoffs at love at first sight. . .until he meets Angelina Montoya. One look and Tim is smitten with the dark-haired beauty—in spite of suspecting she is less angelic than her name. Free at last from the sheltered atmosphere of the San Francisco convent where she has been schooled, eighteen-year-old Angel is enchanted with life on her father’s hacienda. Her charm and rich inheritance attract would-be suitors, but Don Fernando insists she wed a wealthy hacendado who can continue the Castilian bloodline. Angel is torn between her desire to honor her father’s wishes and her dread of marrying a man twice her age—a man she fears and despises. Her growing love for Tim, who risks his life and reputation for her, adds to Angel’s misery. Will God step in at the eleventh hour and prevent the wrong bridegroom from waiting for her at the altar?