When Sky Eyes learns she is white, her world is turned upside down. She is no longer welcomed in the Indian village where she was raised. Instead, her white uncle has found her and she must live in the white world as Kathryn Clay. When the facts surrounding her upbringing jeopardize her future in their midst, Kathryn runs away to begin a new life where no one will know of the people who raised her.

Lukas Palmer is intrigued by Kathryn's beauty from the moment he first sees her.
Even the journey east to bring friends and relatives to the wild Wisconsin territory didn't quench his desire for her.