Agnesa Reeve Kidney: 2 books

When Anglo settlers from the United States first arrived in the southern area of what is now Arizona and New Mexico, they faced two situations which differed from those in any other section of the American frontier and which influenced their first shelters: (1) protection from the sun was as necessary...

Beautiful, intelligent and well born, Alexandra faces two unhappy handicaps; she is penniless and has a stunningly fiery temper. As a last resort, she accepts a post as governess to the young son of an equally hot blooded widower. The situation is not ideal. The household does not include a chaparone and the two previous ladies in her position quite suddenly and mysteriously disappeared.