When the attractive Dr. Julianne Bryant is appointed Bio-archaeologist for the Canyon de Chelly Project on the Navajo Reservation in Arizona, she is unprepared for her powerful attraction to the handsome and enigmatic Tribal Police Chief, Walker Begay. Thrown together when she needs his expertise to access a remote site; she is warned he is a notorious womanizer. Her attempts to distance herself fail and with each new encounter, she finds herself increasingly drawn to him, exposing her vulnerability and profound need. Swept into a world of ceremony, shamans and taboos, she is confronted with an agonizing choice when a mysterious and deadly plague appears on the reservation. Should she honor his beliefs and preserve the love of the sensual, charismatic Walker, or violate an historic cultural taboo to save lives? Choosing life, she faces his wrath and resigns herself to a fate of banishment from the Navajo Nation. Preparing to leave she discovers he has been keeping a secret from her that will change her life forever.