Cherokee Dawn Author:Genell Dellin At seventeen, beautiful Lacey Longbaugh had a child's adventurous spirit -- and a woman's sensuous yearnings, and as the deadly tides of civil war swept across the vast Oklahoma territory, she burned for the one man who could set free her imprisoned desires: the handsome part-Cherokee, Ridge Chekote. — He was as bold and as stirring as an... more » Indian battle cry -- and in his bronzed, muscular arms Lacey discovered true ecstacy. But amid the flames of conflict, Ridge would face his most bitter challenge -- a vengeful and dangerous rival who would fight to the death to possess the woman who tamed the warrior's heart.« less