Having survived nine years as a Kiowa captive, Cassandra Morgan is being traded back to the whites--returning to a life she hardly remembers. Drew Reynolds, a cavalry captain who was Cassie's first love feels honor-bound to marry her, though she is no longer the innocent girl he once cherished. Lone Hunter Jalbert, a proud half-Indian scout, secretly desires to claim Cassie as his own. Like Cass, he understands what it is like to be caught between two worlds.