Athena Courtland -- She was as beautiful as a goddess -too wild to be tamed by any ordinary man. On her grand white stallion she raced free over the sprawling countryside of colonial New York, while the desperate fighting of the French and Indian War exploded around her...

Captain Loehiel Blackmoor -- His silver eyes burned
with desire from the moment on a starlit night when first he saw Athena ... and he knew he must possess her. Her wild, impetuous ways stirred him to the very depths of his soul, and only she had the power to quench the fires that raged within him...

Her Unbridled Passion ... His Unyielding Strength ...
Each was a flame that fed the other. Together they dared to follow their desire to the limits of ecstasy--and discover a love as vibrant and alive as the new land that was theirs...