From the pleasures of her sheltered world in the bayous to the treacherous vastness of the great Southwest and beyond – forever quenching her thirst for all the passion and adventure life had to offer – wildly beautiful Rachel Delys fled the memories of her battle-slain lover and the fury of the Civil War. Across a tempestuous landscape, three men tried to tame her – one who seduced her, one who ravaged her, and one who would bring her at last to the peak of sublime rapture and depths of soul-searing love!