A HEART DEFIANT

Being a woman of color in 1876 has made finding work nearly impossible for dedicated doctor Vivid Lancaster. So when she is offered a practice in the small black town of Niles, Michigan, the beautiful healer is determined to succeed, despite the objections of the community's handsome, mule-stubborn mayor Nate Grayson.

Nate expected a male "Dr. V. Lancaster" to step off the train -- not the ebony enchantress who now stands before him. And though her fierce, fiery sensuality makes him weak with wanting her, Nate has resolved to send the stunning intruder back to the big city where she belongs. But Vivid is a woman not easily scorned -- especially with an iron-clad contract in her hand... and a passionate soul that implores her to seek ecstasy in her magnificent enemy's arms...