Tears Like Rain

The Maiden � As untamed as the prairie, as free as the wind, she hated what white men were doing to the Cheyenne. But spirited Tears Like Rain risked her life to save a cavalry officer and made him her slave. The Soldier � Although the Indians had beaten and stabbed Zach Mercer to the brink of death, the real torture didn�t begin until Tears Like Rain rescued him. Never had Mercer ached so desperately for a woman who scorned him. Zach longed to make his beautiful virgin captor desire him as fiercely as she now despised him, but he wouldn�t succeed until they both learned a different lesson: that only the bonds of love are unbreakable. **