Forbidden

"In post-Civil War Nevada, wealthy and powerful rancher Rhine finds Eddy lost and near death in the desert, and nurses her back to health — but though Rhine comes to desire her, he can’t act on it. Eddy is black, and Rhine’s business, wealth, status and security all rest on the fact that he is passing as white. If you like vivid characters inhabiting underexplored but fascinating American history, in stories overflowing with scorchingly unresolved sexual tension, this is definitely a book for you."