Kate's Outlaw

Kate's Outlaw is also included in the first book of the series, Passion's Prize, which features three interwoven novellas by award-winning authors.

In Kate's Outlaw, a railroad heiress determined to run her father's railroad is abducted by a Cherokee outlaw bent on stopping the "smoking dragon." She soon discovers the heart is the most vulnerable captive.

As bankruptcy looms, the Katy Railroad rushes to complete construction through unfriendly Indian Territory, but work comes to a screeching halt when a battle over land rights heats up. To save her father's railroad, heiress Kate Parsons takes negotiations into her own hands. However, her plans go awry when she's abducted by outlaws.

Jake Colson, known as Wa-ya, "the Wolf," among his people, didn't intend to kidnap anyone, but he's stuck with a white woman whose personality is as bold as her fiery curls. When his partner threatens to kill her before she can expose their scheme to save their land, Jake takes off with his beautiful captive. Now, he must protect the woman he's named Redbird, and at the same time prevent her father's railroad from steaming ahead.