Dangerous Venture

After Rafe's acquittal for the murder of Diego de la Torre, life for Rafe and Ana Teresa is as pleasant as the Santa Fe weather in early summer. They make plans to attend his mother's wedding and Ana Teresa is anxious to learn more about Rafe's past. Then a dark cloud forms on the horizon of their life when Ana Teresa receives word her parents are coming to Santa Fe from Spain. She believes her father will never accept her decision to marry a mestizo and might even try to kill...
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After Rafe's acquittal for the murder of Diego de la Torre, life for Rafe and Ana Teresa is as pleasant as the Santa Fe weather in early summer. They make plans to attend his mother's wedding and Ana Teresa is anxious to learn more about Rafe's past. Then a dark cloud forms on the horizon of their life when Ana Teresa receives word her parents are coming to Santa Fe from Spain. She believes her father will never accept her decision to marry a mestizo and might even try to kill Rafael.Jed Clements makes plans to rustle Cynthia's herd located south of San Marcial. He and his henchmen believe the herd an easy mark because Cynthia hired local vaqueros to manage the herd. Between the weather, sparse plains of New Mexico, and Big Ed's posse, they find out rustling is not as easy as they planned.Life is changing in Santa Fe for both Rafe and the Spanish Aristocrats. New Mexico faces political upheaval as the American laws begin to tear at the Spanish traditions. The Spanish landowners are required to prove their land rights or lose them to eastern squatters. An all out war is brewing over land in New Mexico.