From New York Times bestselling author Kathleen E. Woodiwiss comes
one of her most iconic and beloved romances of all time...
A pact is sealed in secret behind the foreboding walls of Newgate
Prison. In return for one night of unparalleled pleasure, a dashing
condemned criminal consents to wed a beautiful heiress, thereby rescuing
her from an impending and abhorred arranged union.
But in the fading echoes of hollow wedding vows, a solemn promise is
broken, as a sensuous free spirit takes flight to a lush Caribbean
paradise, abandoning the stranger she married to face the gallows
unfulfilled.
Ruark Beauchamp's destiny is now eternally intertwined with that of the
tempestuous, intoxicating Shanna. He will be free . . . and he will find
her. For no iron ever forged can imprison his resolute passion. And no
hangman's noose will keep Ruark from the bride-- and ecstasy--that he
craves.