Topaz

Newspaper reporter Katherine Love goes undercover in order to investigate, and ultimately expose, suspected Chicago stock-swindler Rupert Samuels. As she moves closer to uncovering Samuels's schemes, Katherine very nearly becomes his bride. But fate has other plans, as Katherine finds out when Dixon Wildhorse, a black Seminole marshal, literally snatches her from the altar. It seems that Katherine's father offered her hand in marriage to Dixon as payment for a long-standing debt. Can the two find happiness together despite their differences? Beverly Jenkins skillfully blends romance, black history, and life in the Wild West to create a lively, tender love story, which is sure to find its way into the hearts of readers everywhere.