Forbidden Caress — Colleen Faulkner

Russet-haired Katelyn Locke sailed off to the Colonies without a backward glance. Though she was off to marry a stranger, anything was better than the life of a spinster. But only after her cowardly fiance abandoned her to an attacking band of savages did she understand the dangers of this harsh, new land. She stared in mute terror as the Indian leader reached out to touch her tearstained cheek. Then she looked into the warm depths of his ebony eyes, imagined the comforting strength of his embrace, and suddenly the last thing she wanted was to escape him.