Shea sat at the small table under the umbrella Cruz had asked the hands to set up for her. Texas heat could be devastating and he worried that she spent too much time in it.

"Use the trailer," he urged constantly. "That's what it's for, cara. Please."

But now that she'd made the commitment she liked to eyeball everything personally.

Cruz had loved her designs, not only for the new hacienda set high on a hill but for the remodel of the existing one as well as the small ...