The Captive's Heart

<p><strong>Georgia 1834.</strong><br>Beautiful headstrong <strong>Luella Carter</strong> has never known freedom. At fifteen her father has traded her future to a wealthy cousin old enough to be her grandfather-a marriage of convenience meant to save the family name. But when the carriage bound for Richmond breaks down on a lonely Southern road Luella dares the unthinkable. She runs.</p><p>Alone and desperate she's captured by <strong>Tayané</strong> a young Cherokee man with eyes as dark and fierce as the wilderness itself. To him she is a burden-a stranger from a world that has taken everything from his. But as danger closes in and the two are forced to rely on each other desire sparks between them-wild undeniable and forbidden.</p><p>What begins as captivity becomes awakening. Torn between a life of obedience and a love that defies every rule of her world Luella must decide whether to surrender to her heart... or lose it forever.</p><p><em><strong>The Captive's Heart: A Story of Forbidden Love in the Old South</strong></em> is a sweeping tale of passion and peril where love burns brightest against the darkness of duty and desire.</p>