Slade'S Woman

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MR. AMERICA Name: Hunter Slade Past: A cruel world that scorned his heritage. Present: The peace of his work. The seclusion of his mountain home. Future: The woman he'd allowed into his private world. Rugged half-breed hunter Slade had learned the hard way that friends were few and far between. A difficult boyhood made him a tough, reclusive man--a man unafraid of anything, dependent on no one, until he rescued a delicate damsel in distress .... Beautiful Beth Warren said she'd abandoned her wealthy life-style to escape the grasp of her shallow ex-husband. Hunter saw she lived a life of hardship, and he reached out to her. . . offered her a place to hide. But deep down he knew a day would come when Beth would leave their safe haven ....