


But the moment Cassie steps off the train, her resolve is tested when she collides head-long into the arms of the most dashing, hazel-eyed rogue she's ever seen. Determined to forswear men, Cassie decides to focus on her fledgling teaching career and her hopes of obtaining a position in the school her Aunt Cait dreams of opening, serving the poor and disadvantaged women of the Barbary Coast. In the summer of 1902, Cassidy McClare packs her bags and heads west from Humble, Texas, to the glittering lights of San Francisco, hoping a summer with her beloved aunt and cousins will help her forget the man who jilted her when her father's oil wells ran dry, and the family fortunes disappeared along with the once-plentiful liquid gold. Love at Any Cost (The Heart of San Francisco #1)
