Fated By Dawn

Payten Richardson has had her share of misfortunes in her twenty-one years of existence. Abandoned by both of her parents by the age of five, she has to depend on her grandparents for her upbringing. She was sheltered from most kids because of her different genetic makeup. Her grandfather takes the role as the man in her life and molds her into a strong, educated, goal-accomplishing young lady.

Payten is in a world of confusion as the only two people she has had in her corner are now angels in the sky. Being the heiress of the family fortune leaves her fifteen million dollars richer and the owner of the family estate. She is now alone and in a new tax bracket but the morals she has been taught carry her through the changes. She heads from Dallas to Odessa, Texas to start fresh and breathe in new air.

Gaston Clarke is Odessa’s hardest working young gentleman. A rural man of the land and very handy with a toolbox, he is the Mr. Fix It in town. He knows his true calling is to be wed and show the woman that he is to marry the greatest life possible.

Gaston has shown his loyalty to the city of Odessa and the people in it, to his detriment in certain cases. He has been promised a life of prosperity and happiness by someone very close to him and he has shown himself to be ready. Others are jealous of the fortune that the handsome hunk has come into and want no less than to see him.

A chance meeting between Payten and Gaston paints a portrait of Picasso’s level of beauty. She has secrets that she has left in Dallas that she is hesitant to reveal. He has the keys to heart even if she hadn’t been the one to have given them to him. This love isn’t by chance or by any luck of the draw. This was always known to be.