by Karen Kay
A huge, glittering diamond ring was tied to the stem.
Colt gazed up at her adoringly as he continued to hold out the single yellow rose. “What better time,” he whispered so that only she could hear, “for you to decide which you want to be—a prima ballerina…or my wife.” Later, he would confide that his behavior was not premeditated, that he’d planned to make his proposal afterward, in the quiet and romantic atmosphere of wine and moonlight. But as the glory of her performance exploded, he had been struck with the notion that this was the time for her to truly understand the emotions surrounding her decision.
Jade’s smile of consent was conceived in her heart. She reached out with trembling fingertips to take the yellow rose, pressing it against her lips, her green eyes shining with love and glory…love and splendor…love and dreams.
Then, with all the grace and aplomb that had brought her to this night, this moment of stardom, she fell into his waiting arms…and he held her tightly, lovingly against him as he carried her away.
Dreaming.
Jade was dreaming.
Would reality destroy the dream, as so often happens in life?
Perhaps not.
Perhaps if love was strong and true, the dream could become the reality.
Jade opened her eyes, awakening to the dawn of a new day—her wedding day.
And the quest to make the love and dreams a reality began.
Lone Arrow’s Pride
Karen Kay
Buried treasure shines brightest in the dark…
The Legendary Warriors, Book 3
Ten years after she survived a cholera epidemic that wiped out her entire wagon train, Carolyn White is on a quest to shake off the bad luck that follows her everywhere and which now threatens her adopted family. The unending string of mishaps can have only one source: the gold piece that she, in childish innocence and wonder, once took from a stolen cache.
She tells herself her journey to Crow Country is merely to put the piece back in the cave where she found it. Yet in her heart, she knows it’s the memory of Lone Arrow, the boy who sheltered her there. The boy whose face, now that of a man’s, inhabits her dreams.
Lone Arrow’s anger knows no bounds. Anger with the white woman he suspects isn’t being truthful to him. Anger with himself that he cannot ignore the beauty who captured his heart even as a boy. Though trust is in short supply, he can’t deny his burning need for her. Whatever else she may be, she is his destiny.
This book has been previously published.
Warning: Contains a passion that could lead to soul-stirring love.
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Lone Arrow’s Pride
Copyright © 2012 by Karen Kay
ISBN: 978-1-60928-978-2
Edited by Sasha Knight
Cover by Angela Waters
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Originally Published: July 2002
First Samhain Publishing, Ltd. electronic publication: July 2012
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