The Captive's Heart

Georgia, 1834.
Beautiful, headstrong Luella Carter has never known freedom. At fifteen, her father has traded her future to a wealthy cousin old enough to be her grandfather-a marriage of convenience meant to save the family name. But when the carriage bound for Richmond breaks down on a lonely Southern road, Luella dares the unthinkable. She runs.

Alone and desperate, she's captured by Tayané, a young Cherokee man with eyes as dark and fierce as the wilderness itself. To him, she is a burden...