The fate of a nation rested on her slender shoulders. Taken hostage by Apaches, Angela Barnes did not realize that if she escaped, and the Army found out she'd been captured, the fragile peace between whites and Apaches would break and the entire territory would go up in flames--the flames of war. She did not know, did not care. She only wanted her freedom!
But Arizona rancher Matt Colton knew, and he had the means to stop the war from exploding. If only the beautiful white girl would agree to marry him--in name only, naturally--and never tell what had happened to her, the fragile peace could be maintained.
Angela saw the truth, that this stranger was her only way out, and agreed. Something in his eyes made her want to trust him. But when Matt Bear Killer Colton and Angela, whom the Apaches called Eyes Like Summer Leaves, were united in marriage at the Apache camp where Matt spent part of each year as an adopted member of Cochise's tribe, their marriage of convenience, in name only, turned into something else entirely. Sparks of passion lit their wedding night, passion as hot as the Arizona sun, promising to burn forever in their hearts. An Apache Promise.
