On the journey to meet her fiance in Santa Fe, Melissa is captured by Apaches and given to a man known as Cougar. At first, she is relieved to learn that she's been given to a white man, but with one kiss he proves himself more dangerous than the whole tribe. Terrified of her savage captor and frantic to return to civilization, she pledges to escape at any price. But while there may be an escape from the Apaches, is there any escape from her heart?