Impatient, spirited Skylar McRae joined her soldier father at Fort Phantom Hill on the Texas frontiere, never dreaming that adventure and romance would claim her on her first solitary ride through the sun-drenched countryside. Swept away as a hostage by a vengeance-seeking stranger, Skylar tried every means of escape she knew, though the touch of Dakota Delany's muscular body made her blush with desire.