Her Cheyenne Warrior

Her Cheyenne Warrior
Lauri Robinson

The Cheyenne’s captive!Runaway heiress Lorna Bradford must reach California to claim her fortune—but when she’s rescued from robbers by fierce native warrior Black Horse, she’s forced to remain under his protection.Immersed in a world so different from her own, wildcat Lorna learns how to be the kind of strong woman Black Horse needs. But to stay by his side she must first let go of everything she knows…and decide to seize this chance for happiness with her Cheyenne warrior!

“Where is it?” she shouted. “I need it so no man can get within three feet of me. No man. Including you!”

He took a step closer.

“Don’t!” she shouted, backing up. “Don’t come any nearer.”

Being filled with fear was more dangerous than being filled with anger. That went for people as well as animals. Black Horse held his arms out to his sides as he would while approaching a cornered horse. “No one will hurt you, Poeso,” he said quietly.

“I know they won’t,” she shouted. “I won’t let them! I won’t let anyone hurt me ever again!”

The way she shook entered his heart, made it pound with an unknown anger. She had been mistreated, badly, at some time, someplace. “I won’t let them either,” he whispered.

“I won’t let you hurt me.”

“I will not hurt you,” he said. “I will protect you. I will stop all others.”

Author Note (#u93838129-679b-5093-a0af-7fbd0f891812)

Black Horse and Lorna’s story came to me as an image of a young woman stripped down to her underclothes, standing in the middle of a river surrounded by Cheyenne warriors. At the time I was in the midst of writing Saving Marina, and didn’t have the time to fully embrace a new story. But I found a few novels about the Cheyenne.

Most writers—I’m assuming—are also avid readers, and years ago I formed the habit of reading every night. Sometimes it’s just a chapter or two—other times I’ll stay up half the night to finish a book that I just can’t put down. Therefore, even after spending hours writing about the Salem Witch Trials, when I went to bed I’d read about the peaceful Northern Cheyenne.

I must say those two cultures merging as I fell into sleep produced some peculiar dreams!

Such is the inner world of a writer. Our imaginations just don’t know how to rest!

I sincerely hope you enjoy spending some time in Wyoming as Lorna discovers Black Horse is, indeed, Her Cheyenne Warrior.

Her Cheyenne Warrior

Lauri Robinson

www.millsandboon.co.uk (http://www.millsandboon.co.uk)

A lover of fairytales and cowboy boots, LAURI ROBINSON can’t imagine a better profession than penning happily-ever-after stories about men—and women—who pull on a pair of boots before riding off into the sunset … or kick them off for other reasons. Lauri and her husband raised three sons in their rural Minnesota home, and are now getting their just rewards by spoiling their grandchildren. Visit: laurirobinson.blogspot.com (http://laurirobinson.blogspot.com), Facebook.com/lauri.robinson1 (http://Facebook.com/lauri.robinson1), or Twitter.com/LauriR (http://Twitter.com/LauriR).

To my brother Jeff.

Finally.

Love you.

Contents

Cover (#u9e332bab-0310-544c-92f4-16a9fe8584c9)

Introduction (#u936df90c-2792-5216-b21f-2fca8d492b1a)

Author Note

Title Page (#udf7e2914-f54e-5817-9cec-114fc0134828)

About the Author (#ube1d0dc3-922d-5008-82a8-eb8f49f3f858)

Dedication (#u83e68b86-06ec-5ffa-a2db-be8ca62b37d3)

Prologue

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven

Chapter Twelve

Chapter Thirteen

Chapter Fourteen

Chapter Fifteen

Chapter Sixteen

Chapter Seventeen

Chapter Eighteen

Epilogue