This Savage Heart — Patricia Hagan

Though it broke her heart, Julie vowed to forget Derek Arnhardt, the bold captain who had fired her very soul but left their love in ashes.

PASSIONS REKINDLED: But the wagon train west was led by the one man who would not let Julie forget the past. Derek was consumed by the blazing memories of the raven-haired beauty who had fled from his arms, and staked his life in a hostile wilderness to reclaim the woman he loved beyond all else.

LOVE RECLAIMED: And in the cool quiet of the desert night, smoldering passions too long denied finally exploded in a fiery surrender to the magnificent love that was meant to be forever.