Madelaine Cooper, a young widow, owns a thriving farm in the cloistered Community of Peaceful Brethren on a distant moon. Its founder, an historian from Earth, believed only a return to a simple, pastoral lifestyle with strict male-female roles could sustain his vision of societal harmony. After her husband's death, her overbearing father-in-law steals her widow's dowry to purchase a slave, a workman, as farm labor, without knowing the man is not at all what he seems.
Over the centuries, the name John Crowfoot has gained mythical status for ridding Earth of its most heinous dictators, military juntas, and tyrants who threatened humanity. When the man, an immortal, is falsely convicted of his wife's murder, the prison warden refuses to allow the legendary assassin into his population and tricks him into donning a control collar so he can be sold at a local slave auction.
At first, Madelaine is terrified of the powerfully built man with a gaze so dark it sears her to her core, but with time, she gains a greater understanding of the compassionate and tortured soul within. As Crowfoot and Madelaine navigate the rigid, patriarchal rules of their isolated community, a slow trust and deepening attraction develop between them. Local mores dictate a woman be banished for improper interactions with a workman, so she struggles to hide her desires. And while the spirited widow may ease his loneliness, and the farm offers an elusive peace, Crowfoot's ultimate goal remains to return to Earth and destroy the man responsible for the death of his beloved wife.
No AI was used in writing or cover creation of this book.
This is Book 2 in my LARGER THAN LIFE HEROES collection. Book 1: ONCE A HERO is also available.
Warning: This work of fiction contains violence, profanity, and adult sexual situations. Spice level 3.
