An unwilling legend and the woman who made him into one finally meet in a sizzling encounter.Nathaniel has many names. They call him the Deathrider, White Wolf, The Plague of the West. He's the ice-eyed killer of the plains, the ghost of the trail, the restless spirit who haunts the frontier from California to Missouri, leaving a trail of bodies in his wake. They say he moves silently through the night and changes form to run with the wolves. Or so the rumors go... Ava Archer wouldn't know. She's never seen him. But that doesn't stop her writing about him. After more than a dozen dime novels about The Plague of the West, she thinks she probably knows him better than he knows himself, even if she wouldn't recognize him on the street. Nathaniel is ready to put to bed the rumors about him by confronting A.A. Archer. BBut he never could have predicted that A.A. Archer wouldn't be at all what he expected, but rather a sexy redhead woman with sloe dark eyes...

The first novel in a new western historical romance series that will take readers for the ride of their lives on the Oregon Trail.Alexandra Barratt has found the perfect man—it's a shame he thinks she's a boy...Fleeing from the murderous Grady brothers, Alexandra disguises herself as a boy and joins a frontier party heading West, with her brother and sister in tow. The wagon train is captained by the irresistible Luke Slater, who's never met a woman he couldn't charm. At first, Alex can't believe the way every woman in town falls at Luke's feet, including her suddenly flirtatious sister. But when she sees him naked in the bathtub, she finds herself swooning over him too. If only she could wash the muck of her face and show him who she really is. Unfortunately she has more pressing concerns... The Gradys aren't about to let Alex, nor the small fortune she stole from them, slip through their fingers. Only by maintaining her ruse does she...