Abducted and held for ransom, Lucy despises Shoz for his arrogance... yet is drawn to the strapping fugitive by a bold, unquenchable desire. Sworn to escape him but betrayed by her own reckless passion, she will follow Shoz from the unforgiving wasteland of Death Valley to the tropical heat of revolution-swept Cuba- braving scandal and heartbreak, risking life itself for an untamed and blistering love as perilous as it is forbidden.