Grey Eagle had heard the story time and again. He was but a babe when his father took him from a white woman on a wagon train crossing their lands. As his Indian mother - his real mother as far as he was concerned - told him, their gods blessed his father that day, so he allowed the white woman to live. Some in the tribe still held his birth against him - to them he’d always be white. Which was why several tried to kill him. He didn’t understand their hatred. Didn’t he abhor the white eyes as much as they did? He loved the rugged great plains of the Dakota territory as fiercely as his Indian family. Yet, the woman he’d captured had gotten under his skin. Into his heart.Rhea Carrington lives at Fort Freemont with her father, the fort’s colonel. As suited to the hardships of the west as her dancing slippers are suited to trek through the rough terrain of the prairie, beneath Rhea’s silks beats a heart of determination and strength. On the trip west she got separated from the wagon train and was captured by an Indian. She hated him. Tried her best to escape. Well, that is until she really didn’t want to leave him. What was she to do?From East to West, the trail exacted a harsh and cruel toll on numerous people. Many lost their lives as they journeyed west. Battling the elements, Indians and soldiers every inch of the way together, Grey Eagle and Rhea are shocked and annoyed to discover their growing attraction. Can two hearts find lasting love in a territory torn by constant threats of hatred and war?
Ann Merritt.
