After the Thunder [9780380786039]

Overview

Exiled to her homeland, she never expected to find a kindred spirit—or risk it all to save him.

Cotannah Chisk-Ko is ordered by her brother to return to the Nation to learn to behave like a proper young woman, but she continues her outrageous flirting and is attacked. Banished from Texas to the family home at Tall Pine, she resists every lecture on decorum, chafing under the watchful eyes of her chaperones.

Rescued by quiet, spiritual, Walks-With-Spirits, she finds an inner serenity with this man, and when he is unjustly accused of murder, she devotes herself to proving him innocent. Living secluded in a cave on Buckthorn Ridge with a wild coyote and a mountain lion, the gentle medicine man awakens an unfamiliar peace in Cotannah’s guarded heart. Though divided by his sacred calling, the two stubborn wanderers forge a fierce alliance, and discover a passion that defies the past.

Despite their differences, the two are irresistibly drawn to one another, and discover they are truly soulmates.

• Rescue Romance: After reckless flirtation with an arrogant rival leads to a terrifying assault in the woods, an enigmatic healer risks everything to pull Cotannah from harm.
• Murder Mystery: When local merchant Jacob Charley collapses dead in the street without a mark on his body, a rashly uttered curse leaves the town clamoring.
• Forced Proximity: Journeying together into the rugged southern mountains along the Blue River, two headstrong outsiders must confront the simmering passion neither can deny.
• Also by This Author: Montana Red, Cherokee Dawn and Cherokee Warriors: The Captive.