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Escaping the ravages of the Civil War, a gently reared lady must leave behind everything she knows -- and trust her life and her future to a dangerous gunfighter with a passion for vengeance. A team of prize Arabian horses is all that Willow Moran has left--and Caleb Black is the only man who can help her reach her brother in the Colorado Rockies. But she fears this stranger who burns to avenge the wrongs of treacherous men. For Caleb is as wild and unpredictable as the uncivilized land he loves. Yet, though she challenges him at every turn, the spirited southern lady knows this proud, enigmatic loner is her destiny. And no matter what peril awaits, they must face it together--for Willow has become a fever in Caleb's blood . . . awakening a need so fierce that he would defeat the devil himself to possess her.… (more)
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Willow Moran, a West Virginian who lost her parents and most of her possessions during the Civil War, is traveling west with her remaining valuables--five Arabian horses--to find her brother Matt, who is prospecting for gold. Her guide from Denver to the San Juan mountains is former Army scout Caleb Black who, unbeknown to Willow, is hunting "Reno" (Matt) Moran to exact revenge. Caleb's sister named Matt as the seducer and father of her dead illegitimate baby, when on her deathbed.
Willow thinks she has lead Caleb to believe she is "Reno's" wife; Caleb really believes she's Reno's "whore".
The hard journey to "Reno's" secret gold mine is complicated by Jed Slater and his gang who are pursuing them to steal Willow's Arabians and to finish a fight begun in Denver with Caleb.
In the final showdown, Matt/Reno and Wolfe Lonetree assist Willow and Caleb in killing Slater's gang and getting Willow to realize that Caleb loves her and did not bed her in retribution for his sister's death, nor commit to marry her because Reno threatened to kill him if he didn't, after learning of Caleb's and Willow's relationship.