Cherokee Sundown

WARRIOR'S PASSION...He is Standingdeer Chekote, hero of the battle that was to save his beloved Cherokee Nation. Inwardly the the tender lover, outwardly the hardened warrior, he bears the scars of both war and love and vows to trust no man or woman. Until he meets the beautiful, raven-haired Tiana Tenkiller.Besieged by white men after gold and land, Tiana fights her own battle for survival, finding comfort in the powerful arms of the one man she knows she must resist. Captivated by the sensual passion that speaks through his haunting dark eyes, she is drawn to him like a moth to a flame. Yet even as she trembles with the ecstasy of each tantalizing caress, she is consumed by the guilty secret she must reveal -- a revelation that can tear them apart forever or free them from the torturous prison of the past to walk into the blazing sunset of everlasting love.