Savage River — E.P. Murray

Awaiting young Michaella Chattilion was a future as rich and shining as the gold that drew a generation west. But to possess it, she would be forced to leave civilization behind - and begin a perilous trek into a land as untamed as it was rife with menace . . .

Pursued by enemies, tracked by the merciless Sioux, and threatened by the natural dangers of the wilderness, she would grow into a fierce and valiant pioneer - and, in the arms of dashing guide Jean Patrick Malloy, she would become a woman.

Hidden somewhere in the Black Hills that lay beyond the unexplored Great Plains was the key to all their happiness - if they could survive to reach it . . .