title: The Cowboy's Claim
author:  Carla Cassidy 
description: Carla Cassidy is a <em>New York Times </em>bestsellingauthor who has written more than 125 novels for Harlequin Books. She is listed on the Romance Writer's of America Honor Roll and has won numerous awards. Carla believes the only thing better than curling up with a good book to read is sitting down at the computer with a good story to write.
zlib_text: A cowboy puts his life on the line for the woman expecting his child
  in The Coltons of Shadow Creek!
  Determined to steer clear of the horrors his villainous mother brought on his family, rancher
  Thorne Colton keeps to himself. That means resisting Maggie Lowell. The last time he
  succumbed, passion took control. But when an explosion nearly claims her life, Thorne discovers
  their night together yielded more than sizzling memories.
  Pregnant and under Thorne’s protection in Shadow Creek, Maggie isn’t sure where the bigger
  threat lies. Out in the open, she’s a killer’s target. On his ranch, she’s in close quarters with the
  man who’s driven to keep her and their child safe but broke her heart once and might do it
  again...
  
  “Help!”
  Her mind raced as she searched for something, anything, she could use to carry water back to her
  car. She needed the fire department, but they would take too long to get here. Maybe she could
  dump enough water on her trunk to put the fire out before it spread? But