Samantha James

Trapped by duty -- and the demands of his cruel,unyielding father -- Lord

Gabriel Sinclair, the dark and moody Earl of Wakefield, is being forced to

find a bride. But Gabriel plans an exquisite revenge on his cold-hearted

parent: wedding the sultry, low-born Yankee wench who tried to steal his

watch. Ragged and beautiful Cassie McClellan is desperate to escape her life

of poverty -- and, therefore, willingly accepts the handsome, arrogant

aristocrat's offer of marriage in name only. But neither is prepared for the

awakening passions that will bind their fragile, damaged hearts -- or the

blistering, sensual need that comples them both to surrender body and soul.