Nevada Dawn

November 29, 1993
Cherish Blassingame is modeling her expensive wedding gown in one of the railcars of her tycoon father's transcontinental trains when the train is attacked in the desert on its way back to Sacramento from the East Coast. She had planned to wear the dress at her wedding to her long-time beau, the eligible if unexciting Pierce Randolph. But Pierce's vengeful Indian half-brother, Nevada, and his Paiute band spoil the marriage plans by kidnapping Cherish and refusing to release her until she willingly gives her virginity to gentleman-turned-outlaw Nevada. Cherish had once been in love with Nevada and he with her until her family's insidious meddling divided them. Amid many lurid sex scenes and plenty of bloodshed in a secluded valley in Nevada, the two fall in love again and manage to keep their love alive despite murders, family clashes and a long separation. Set in 1887, this sequel to Nevada Nights lets readers see a second generation of Randolphs repeat the past in graphic detail. The pace is rushed, the characters stiff and the plotting forced, but the story improves as it progresses and the action is never tame.