New York Times bestselling author Heather Graham recreates the tumultuous history of Americaâs least-known frontier, Florida, in a love story that burns with passion and truth.
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âI accepted you as payment on a gambling table because youâre incredibly beautiful. And I want you for the same reason.â
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His smoldering gaze claimed her long before a poker hand made her his. Tara Brent knew she could never escape this dark and brooding stranger who promised her safety, with a price: marriageâand life together in the lush, lethal wilderness of Florida. She didnât even know his name, only the promise of passion, and refuge in his arms.
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Jarret McKenzie swept his ravishing bride away from New Orleans to his remote Florida plantation, determined to uncover the desperate secret from which she ran. But he couldnât tell her of his own Seminole rootsâor open her guarded heartâuntil his former commander, President Andrew Jackson, declared war on the Indians, and a powerful enemy from Taraâs past found his way to their door.