Set at the beginning of the Civil War, this is the long-awaited sequel to The Florida Series (The Price of Eden, Far From Paradise). It tells the story of Looking Horse, the Seminole warrior whose heart was hardened by the death of his wife and child. Can he learn to love again with someone as broken as himself? When he meets Jasmine, a badly abused slave on the run from her cruel new master, she touches a place in his heart he thought was long dead. She gives him hope for a new life... if they can manage to outrun the forces that seek to keep them apart-- and the secrets and lies that threaten to destroy their future.