Veterinarian Rachel Small Deer dreams of bringing her skill and knowledge to help the people of the reservation where she had grown up. Denver painter Nick Cassavettes has come to Los Cincos, New Mexico to reclaim the art he has lost through the guilt he feels over the death of his younger brother.

Rachel and Nick have nothing in common. She wants to preserve Los Cincos and resents the artists and tourists who would turn the town into a mass of bistros and boutiques, but she needs an assistant and Nick needs a guide to the town. They strike an uneasy bargain and discover new sides to each other. Rachel slowly comes to realize that she and Nick belong together. Can she convince him to accept the present without letting the past come between them?

Jane McBride Choate lives with her husband Larry in Loveland, Colorado. Nicknamed the Sweetheart City, Loveland has been their home for twenty-four years. Their once crowded nest of five children is slowly emptying. Only two children remain at home now. They still manage to keep Jane and Larry hopping with football, basketball, and gymnastics. Jane and Larry are currently looking forward to the birth of their first grandchild. When Jane isn't writing romance novels, she is usually going to garage sales and finding new hiding places for her cache of chocolate.

Desert Paintbox is Jane's nineteenth book for Avalon.

Avalon Romances by Jane McBride Choate:
STAR CROSSED
WOLF'S EYE
THINK OF ME
CONVINCING DAVID
HEARTSONG LULLABY
NEVER TOO LATE FOR CHRISTMAS
MILE-HIGH LOVE
CHEYENNE'S WARRIOR RAINBOW
DESERT PAINTBOX

An Avalon Historical Romance by Jane McBride Choate:
SHERIFF'S CHOICE