Angel Creek by Linda Howard

Frontier women come into their own. Dee Swann just wants to be left alone on the homestead her parents left her. Lucas Cochran is determined to have her and/or her property. Olivia Millican, only daughter of her father banker, is 25 and concerned that she will never have any children and become an old maid. Drifter Louis Fronteras is pulled to Olivia, aware that he may never know her love. Saloon girl Tillie has a secret past that only Kyle Bellamy knows. The summer drought has affected all who live in this Colorado community and tempers are short, ranchers are concerned, businesses are affected. This book is a quick read with a good plot. Explicit sex. Sandy Penton