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by Janis Reams Hudson · Apache-Colton #5
1995 · 416 pages · Diversion Books
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Jessica Colton is on a desperate mission to rescue her half-brother from a prison train headed east, but her plan hits an unexpected—and dangerously attractive—obstacle in the form of Captain Blake Renard, a man driven by his own painful past and determined to keep her away from the prisoner at all costs. What unfolds is a sizzling clash between Jessica's fierce determination and Blake's iron will, complicated by an undeniable chemistry that neither of them saw coming. As these two headstrong souls are drawn together against impossible odds, they discover that the past doesn't have to define the future—and that love might be the most powerful force of all. Set against the dramatic backdrop of the Apache conflicts and the American frontier, this is a story about finding redemption and unexpected connection in the most unlikely circumstances.
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Smoky tension and wild desire—acoustic folk meets sultry R&B. Yearning vocals over desert-wind instrumentals. Forbidden attraction burning slow and steady. Think Hozier's restraint colliding with FKA twigs' sensuality. Passionate yet conflicted, defiant yet inevitable.
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