Harker's Hell. Early settlers thought they'd found a western re-creationist's heaven there. Instead this new world became a hellish version of the Old West. Now the seeds of long-ago conflict are stirring to life... BETRAYED-FORCED INTO OBEDIENCE Dissonance Walker is in a world of trouble. Sold to a secret organization by her parents, her ability to disobey is ripped away by a brutal experiment. When she escapes, Dissonance believes the worst is over. She's dead wrong. She's captured and sold as a pleasure slave. The key to reversing the experiment lies hidden in the stretch of arid waste called the Badlands. Problem is, the too-sexy bounty hunter who bought her stands in her way. HE LOOKED LIKE HE PICKED HIS TEETH WITH THE BONES OF HIS ENEMIES Bram Spencer is sure the heat has baked his brains. With his friend murdered and his ranch under attack, he needs to attend to a little unfinished business.... It sure didn't include buying some fool woman because she pokes at scabs he thought long healed. Then he discovers the only way to set her free is to marry her. Secrets have a long life. Sometimes decades. Now the past is about to slam into the present. Only trust can save Dissonance and Bram from a shocking evil ... but trust is a hard commodity to come by on the frontier.