Fate has brought them together, but will a promise tear them apart?In the small town of Willow Creek, Colorado, Nora Rushton spends most of her days locked up in her home with a father who resents her and fighting off unwanted marriage proposals from the wealthy Elwood Calhoun. Marked as a witch, Nora must hide her healing powers from those who wish to destroy all the witkowin—crazy women. What she doesn’t know is that a bounty hunter is hot on her trail.

Lakota native Otakatay has an obligation to fulfill. He has been hired to kill the witkowin. In a time when race and difference are a threat and innocence holds no ground, courage, love and honor will bring Nora and Otakatay together as they fight for their freedom. Will the desire to fulfill his promise drive Otakatay to kill Nora? Or will the kindness he sees in her blue eyes push him to be the man he once was?

“For something different, transport back to the old west with this paranormal historical, and its alpha hero, and a heroine hiding her secret talents.” —Shannon Donnelly, author of the Mackenzie Solomon Urban Fantasy series

“Ms. Flannery doesn’t shy away from writing gritty scenes or about unpleasant topics. In this book, she deals with child labor and abuse, as well as animal abuse, and I simply wanted to reach through the computer screen and kill the awful villain myself, I got so angry. That’s what good writing is all about—bringing out strong emotions in a reader. Congratulations on a job well done!” —Peggy L. Henderson, bestselling author of the Yellowstone Romance Series