A prim and proper Southern belle finds searing passion in the arms of a man forbidden to her in this classic romance from the author of Confederate Vixen. Lacy Dawn Hampton sighed with exasperation as she fanned herself in the gazebo at Paradise Plantation. How sheltered and boring her life was. She longed for passion and excitement, but her father and three older brothers protected her from everything. Then she heard a splash and her green eyes widened as a broodingly handsome man emerged from the lake and walked straight toward her—pure temptation made flesh. And Lacy’s longing drove every misgiving from her mind . . . Chase Tarleton had traveled the Trail of Tears when his Cherokee family was driven from their native Georgia. Now, back for a reunion with his white grandparents, Chase found himself torn between two worlds, the Cherokee camp he’d left behind and the vast plantation, Towering Pines, that would someday be his. Nearing his destination, Chase paused for a refreshing swim and spied a vision in peach colored satin. The luscious golden-haired belle was staring straight at him. And he knew his life would never be complete until he tasted those teasing crimson lips, spanned that tiny waist with his muscular hands, and caressed every satiny inch of her tantalizing body . . .