When Tatiana, Countess Karanova, is swept overboard off the rugged coast of northern California, she must use all her wits, her stubborn will, and her cool, aristocratic bearing to convince a rough-hewn American mountain man to buy her from her captors and escort her through snow-covered passes in a desperate attempt to save her father's life and legacy.

On a secret mission for President Van Buren, US Army Ranger Lieutenant Josiah Jones has no time violet-eyed beauties with more sass than sense. Yet as he and the countess trek through the wild, untamed wilderness, she stirs both his fierce protectiveness and an aching need he thought he'd buried with his lost love.

Note: Previously published as COUNTESS IN BUCKSKIN