Beloved Captive — Lauren Wilde

Isabel trembled in fear when the Comanches raided her hacienda and stole her away. Held tightly by a young warrior astride his horse, she was terror-struck by what awaited her in the New Mexican desert...until she saw her abductor's face and a shock of recognition shook her very soul. The young chieftain Stands Alone finally claimed his bride - beautiful Isabel, his childhood companion, his first beloved. Her father had sealed the pact between the Comanches and the settlers years ago by betrothing Isabel to him...a promise the white man never meant to keep. Now Stands Alone is brazenly taking his woman into the wild country... Isabel called him a savage; he called her his prisoner. Yet when his lips touched hers, his kisses freed her heart and imprisoned his own. Now - if two warring cultured don't divide them forever - they may finally join in one indomitable love.

Heroine: Isabel de Espego