Fireblossom — Cynthia Wright

THE WILD WEST OF 1876 WAS NO PLACE FOR A LADY

And Madeleine Avery was every inch a fine Philadelphia lady, from the top of her tidy head to the tips of her ivory kid shoes. Gold had lured her father to the Black Hills -- but with neighbors like Wild Bill Hickock, Calamity Jane, and a Little Bighorn survivor, Maddie just didn't fit in. Then she met Fox Daniel, rugged strong, proud -- and something began to stir within her.

A quest for the truth about her family led Maddie from bawdy Deadwood to the wide Dakota Plains roamed by Crazy Horse and the last free band of Sioux. Along the way, she found herself yearning for a man who wouldn't accept her love, and she discovered that Fox was not quite what he seemed. He hid too many secrets, too much guilt, and a past that was chasing him. Yet Fox's hungry, stolen caress told her heart what his words refused to say....