Gary M. Roberts

Georgia, 1834. Beautiful, headstrong Luella Carter has never known freedom. At fifteen, her father has traded her future to a wealthy cousin old enough to be her grandfather-a marriage of convenience meant to save the family name. But when the carriage bound for Richmond breaks down on a lonely Southern road, Luella dares the unthinkable. She runs. Alone and desperate, she's captured by Tayané, a young Cherokee man with eyes as dark and fierce as the wilderness itself.
To him, she is a burden-a stranger from a world that has taken everything from his. But as danger closes in and the two are forced to rely on each other, desire sparks between them-wild, undeniable, and forbidden. What begins as captivity becomes awakening. Torn between a life of obedience and a love that defies every rule of her world, Luella must decide whether to surrender to her heart. or lose it forever.
The Captive's Heart: A Story of Forbidden Love in the Old South is a sweeping tale of passion and peril, where love burns brightest against the darkness of duty and desire.