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The bestselling author of One Wore Blue and One Wore Graycont inues the spellbinding saga of the Cameron family. Now she catapults readers from the bitter after math of the Civil War to the American frontier, as the last child in the Cameron family, the newly married Christa, rides West. (Dell Publishing).

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From the bitter aftermath of war...to the promise of an untamed frontier. From the devastation of war she followed her heart to a dangerous and dazzling frontier.
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FROM THE BITTER AFTERMATH OF WAR...
A regal beauty with raven hair and piercing blue eyes, Christa Cameron suffered the indignities of defeat in the Civil War's bitter aftermath, her spirit unvanquished and her hatred of the victorious enemy undiminished. When marriage to a Yankee officer was the only way to save her plantation from confiscation, Christa coaxed Colonel Jeremy McCauley into a legal union, promising herself to keep her pride and purity intact. But her virile bridegroom had other ideas...

TO THE PROMISE OF AN UNTAMED FRONTIER...
Succumbing to her courageous husband's russet-haired, silver-eyed appeal, Christa rode west with the cavalry but remained a Rebel in her heart. Embarking on a trail off stampeding show more buffalo and wild Indians, a flower of the southern aristocracy was forced to play the part of loyal army wife. Butt it was only as a savage's hostage that Christa learned the startling depths of her new husband's devotion--and the extraordinary power of freedom--as she vowed to make the West her home... and to build a new world on the ashes of the old... show less
De las amargas secuelas de la guerra...
Christa Cameron, una belleza de pelo oscuro y penetrantes ojos azules, ha sufrido la humillación de la derrota en la Guerra Civil, aunque su espíritu invicto y su odio por el enemigo han permanecido intactos. Y cuando el matrimonio con un oficial yanqui, el hermano de su cuñada, es el único modo de salvar su plantación, Christa persuade al coronel Jeremy McCauley para que la acepte como su esposa, aunque se promete a sí misma mantener su orgullo y pureza intactos... pero su apuesto prometido tiene otras ideas bien distintas.

A la romesa de una pasión indómita...
Sucumbiendo a la petición de su marido de cabello como el fuego rojizo y ojos plateados, Christa se marcha al oeste con la show more caballería, pero recordando siempre que su corazón sigue siendo rebelde. Embarcándose en un peligroso viaje lleno de estampidas de búfalos e indios salvajes, esta aristócrata flor sureña se ve obligada a interpretar el papel de esposa fiel y leal a la armada, pero sólo cuando es hecha prisionera de un salvaje se da cuenta de la devoción que su nuevo marido le profesa y la extraordinaria libertad y pasión que su nuevo hogar y vida pueden traerle... show less

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Original publication date
1992
People/Characters
Jeremy McCauley; Christa Cameron
Original language
English

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Fiction and Literature, Romance
DDC/MDS
813.54Literature & rhetoricAmerican literature in EnglishAmerican fiction in English1900-19991945-1999
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PS3557 .R197Language and LiteratureAmerican literatureAmerican literatureIndividual authors1961-
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