Christmas Past In a freak snowstorm on Christmas Eve, Miguel de Pima was hanged for an unspeakable crime–loving Dorthea McAllister, the beautiful, red–haired daughter of the self–appointed judge of Los Reales. Christmas Future As justice of the peace in Los Reales, Dallas McAllister had seen some strange things, but nothing like a man materializing out of thin air. His clothes hung in tatters around his waist, revealing his smooth, dark–skinned body–a body Dallas found achingly familiar. Miguel claimed to be her long–lost lover, but a de Pima had never loved a McAllister–not since his death a hundred years before.