COMANCHE BORN... COMANCHE BOUND Nick Bluestone had made a solemn vow to wed his twin brother's widow, raising their child the Comanche way. The desirable Elaina would be his wife, but Nick could never forget the decision had been his brother's, not hers. Elaina had convinced herself marrying Nick had nothing to do with their mutual attraction. What she felt for Nick was more intense...and much more dangerous. She'd lost her heart to a Bluestone once—did she dare allow her new Comanche husband entrance to her soul?

Held hostage by gunslinger Caden Miller's new neighbors, Maddie O'Hare, born and raised in a brothel, is stunned when Caden, whom she has admired from afar, comes to rescue her, but his plan to rescue her backfires.

For many Plains Indians, being a warrior and veteran has long been the traditional pathway to male honor and status. Men and boys formed military societies to celebrate victories in war, to perform community service, and to prepare young men for their role as warriors and hunters. By preserving cultural forms contained in song, dance, ritual, language, kinship, economics, naming, and other semireligious ceremonies, these societies have played an important role in maintaining Plains Indian culture from the pre-reservation era until today. In this book, Williams C. Meadows presents an in-depth ethnohistorical survey of Kiowa, Apache, and Comanche military societies, drawn from extensive interviews with tribal elders and military society members, unpublished archival sources, and linguistic data. He examines their structure, functions, rituals, and martial symbols, showing how they fit within larger tribal organizations. And he explores how military societies, like powwows, have become a distinct public format for cultural and ethnic continuity.

Lee Savage thundered into Montana to claim what was his-Shiloh Ranch and a virgin bride. As a young man he'd watched Ellie Shiloh come into this world, and now Lee's promise to protect the naïve young beauty bound them forever. Ellie's feelings for him glittered in her sensuous, admiring eyes, but for Lee, matrimony did not mean love. Still, their marriage bed was not off-limits, for Ellie was eager for her first taste of ecstasy. Despite their perfect harmony in the bedroom, this bridegroom would never confess to needing his wife! The stirring in his soul, that tornado of emotion, was merely duty-or could it be love?

His sleek BMW looking like a champion black stallion, Denton rode arrogantly into the one-horse Texas town he’d once called home. Ripe with disdain, he planned to make a quick million—then bolt. But the unexpected sight of Grace Simmons launched him down memory lane to a perfect starlit night when he’d gently taken her innocence...and she’d stolen his heart. Suddenly Denton yearned to relive her exquisite kisses, to revel in her laughter, to squander whole afternoons in her bed—and to turn his first love into his forever love!

Pilot Guy Blackwolf thought he was doing the right thing when he braved the Alaskan wilderness to change Holly Douglas’s life.... Until she rescued him from his wrecked plane, and her healing touch ignited his body with need. Their passionate joining made Guy yearn to brand her as his own. But once he reunited the “lost heiress” with the loving family she’d always craved, could he convince Holly that she’d never be complete without his love?