Reynaud St. Aubyn has spent the last seven years in hellish captivity. Now half mad with fever he bursts into his ancestral home and demands his due. Can this wildlooking man truly be the last earls heir thought murdered by Indians years ago Beatrice Corning the niece of the present earl is a proper English miss. But she has a secret No real man has ever excited her more than the handsome youth in the portrait in her uncles home. Suddenly that very man is here in the fleshand luring her into his bed Only Beatrice can see past Reynauds savagery to the noble man inside. For his part Reynaud is drawn to this lovely lady even as he is suspicious of her loyalty to her uncle. But can Beatrices love tame a man who will stop at nothing to regain his titleeven if it means sacrificing her innocence show more