Winter's Touch — Janis Reams Hudson

As tensions on the Western Plains mount, Winter Fawn, a half-Arapaho woman, helps Carson Delaney, a ruggedly handsome white man injured in a raid, despite her people's disapproval, and as a fierce passion rages between them, Winter must learn to trust Carson when a war threatens to erupt and her people need her help.

The Western Plains are a powder keg waiting to ignite as tensions mount between the Indian and the white man in 1867 Colorado. Trapped in the middle is Winter Fawn, torn between her loyalty to her mother's people, the Southern Arapaho, and her white father's friend, Civil War veteran Carson Delaney. By saving Carson from a dishonorable act by one of her tribe, Winter Fawn is left with no choice but to flee with this man her father calls friend. As Winter Fawn's touch can heal a wound, Carson's touch awakens her heart, her passion. Yet the Southern Arapaho need her, need them both. There is a destiny to be met, a legend to be fulfilled. As war threatens across the plains, Winter Fawn and Carson must place their faith in each other and meet their fate head on.