Mercedes Lackey

Giselle had lived the first fourteen years of her life in an abandoned monastery tower. As a young Air Master, she needed to be kept isolated during her potentially tumultuous adolescent years. When a young man appears at the base of her tower, he convinces Giselle to help him climb up-- and attempts to force himself upon her. Thus begins a series of adventures that lead to Giselle becoming an expert markswoman, traveling with an American Wild West...