Джулия Гарвуд: The Lion s Lady

Christina Bennett had taken London society by storm. The ravishing beauty guarded the secret of her mysterious past until the night Lyon, Marquis of Lyonwood, stole a searching, sensuous kiss. An arrogant nobleman with a pirate s passions, he tasted the wildfire smoldering beneath Christina s cool charm and swore to possess her… But the feisty and defiant Christina would not be so easily conquered. Mistress of her heart and of her fortune, she resisted Lyon s sensuous caresses. She dared not surrender to his love… for then, she must also forsake her precious secret… and her promised destiny!