From the moment Silky Shanahan spotted the tall dark-haired stranger bathing in old man Johnson's pond, she was smitten. Yet despite her yearning, the fiery rebel suspected the handsome devil was a Yankee who needed capturing. Since every able-bodied man in the Blue Ridge Mountains was off fighting the glorious War For Southern Independence, the buckskin-clad beauty would have to take the good-looking rascal prisoner herself, and she'd be hanged if she'd let him escape. But even with her trusty rifle aimed at the enemy soldier, Silky feared she was in danger of betraying her country -- and losing her heart to the one man she should never love.