HE TOOK HER AS HIS CAPTIVE...

Abandoned by her lover, condemned by her family, beautiful, honey-haired Anna Jensen was determined to put her unhappy life behind her. Answering an ad for a schoolteacher, she headed for the untamed wilds of the California mountains. However, before she could reach her destination, she found herself a prisoner of "Bear," a brazen and savagely handsome Indian.

...AND SET HER PASSION FREE.

"Bear" was really Nicolas Gaspard, the half-breed son of a wealthy rancher--and a dangerous man with a dangerous mission. He would stop at nothing, even kidnapping Anna and holding her captive. They were born enemies--yet together they would taste the passion of forbidden love and awaken a reckless desire that could never be tamed--