She found him as a precious gift, a naked angel rolled in a rug. Once he gazed into her green eyes, noticed her tangle of honey blonde hair, he was undone with passion.

Elizabeth could not surrender. He was a hated Montgomery-she was a Chatworth-and the bloodstream war between their own families raged on, a wildfire of rape, murder, and betrayal.

Elizabeth vowed to combat the handsome lord, to resist the burning desire in his eyes-no matter how great the temptation.