DREAMS OF GOLD LED HER WEST, WHERE HER INNOCENCE WAS SOON LOST TO THE FLAMES OF DESIRE...
Golden-haired Emerald Banyon sees her prospector father meet death at the hands of merciless claim jumpers. Vowing revenge, she escapes into the wilderness, only to be hopelessly lost in a furious snowstorm. But young Emerald's life changes the moment she meets Apache Ryan, the dark mysterious gunslinger who rescues her...and forever steals her innocence with his burning lips.

Torn between regret and desire. Emerald struggles to contain the seething passion that Apache has stirred deep within her. For in Apache's fiery embrace, she has been born a woman...a woman who will soon face danger and adventure, and a love greater than any she could have imagined.