Cherokee Wind — Clara Wimberly

He was the dark, mysterious stranger who strode, uninvited, into Rachel Townsend's coming-out party...and claimed her heart at first sight. With a woman's unwavering instinct, Rachel knew she had met the man she would marry, the man who had awakened desire with a smoldering glance. When he came to court her, Trace Hambleton was a gentleman, a prosperous lawyer - and the perfect suitor for Senator Townsend's cherished daughter. But even as she clung fiercely to him, something behind his intense black gaze warned the sheltered Alabama beauty to beware... She was the most beautiful woman he had ever seen, the coveted prize he had to capture, in the home that had once been his own. Now it was Trace Hambleton's turn to avenge his half-Cherokee family and reclaim their plundered land. But he hadn't reckoned on the ravishing enemy who almost made him forget his hatred, as she ignited sweet, forbidden passion...