Lady Alexandra Winthrop, the toast of London, is now an Indian captive. She daringly traveled to the Canadian colonies to forget Dominic, the Frenchman who showed her brief rapture--only to disappear and break her heart. Now she is plunged into a world of unimaginable brutality, facing a journey from primeval forests to war-torn Montreal, from a war chief's dark desires to the man who is her destiny.