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Colonel Samuel Shelby, eager to forge peace with the Osage Indians and mend his marriage, finds his quest complicated by the arrival of the spirited Olivia St. Etienne. As they navigate the frontier—through ballrooms on the Potomac, Osage lodges on the Missouri, the streets of St. Louis, and the streets of New Orleans—their romance flares amid danger and desire, turning their mission into a battle of wills and a story of passion as wild, turbulent, and deep as the rivers that surround them.
First publish date: 1997
Genre: Romance/Historical Romance
Authors: Shirl Henke
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