Cherokee Summer

She would always remember those golden days

Jordan Karshall had not suspected she'd inherited her father's wanderlust. But her days, divided between her job and her graduate-school courses, had fallen into a dull routine and the archaeological dig near Seneca, Oklahoma, held the irresistible promise of ten weeks' excitement.

The reality of the excavation was a shock -- blistering sun, back-breaking work, the most primitive facilities imaginable...and Professor Paul Nicolle.

Paul Nicolle, who had expected a male student, angrily implied that Jordan was a starry-eyed incompetent. Jordan refused to be intimidated. She'd do her share, she promised him. But silently she prayed she'd survive the ordeal....