Mandy Ashton fled a stifling frontier existence for the glittering social whirl of Sacramento City, California's state capitol. Masquerading as her rebellious cousin, Julia, she journeys with rugged frontiersman, Travis Langley, a white man raised by the Cheyenne, a man called Hawk who is trying to make peace with his dual heritage. The last thing Hawk needs is a job chaperoning the governor's spoiled daughter. But the girl is spirited, captivating, and irresistibly sensuous. By journey's end, Mandy and Hawk have become helpless prisoners of a passion that nothing can kill - except, perhaps, the secret of her identity that Mandy has kept through the arduous days and passionate nights of their long, magnificent passage.