Courtney Blake valued her Miccosukee heritage deeply. Although she lived in Miami, she frequently visited the Everglades to see her mother's family, who still adhered to the tribe's old ways. Now she was running back to the ‘Glades to escape Jonas Payne—the man she loved. Jonas, working for his father's law firm, had successfully defended the tribe's land claim. But Courtney had reason to believe he'd done it only to further his family's political ambitions. She felt used. Then her certainty of his guilt began to waiver. Had she been wrong to accuse him of duplicity? To question his love? [author website]