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A passion neither of them wanted…and neither
can deny.

Anna Locke
was once young, naïve and infatuated with the handsome Jude Sinclair. Until the
charismatic “gentleman” showed his true colors by abandoning her on their
wedding day.

In the
years since, she has transformed herself into a confident, successful woman,
independent of her errant husband’s aristocratic family in every way but name.
When Jude unexpectedly returns demanding a divorce, she quashes the butterflies
he still elicits, and resolves to show him she won’t be so easily cast aside.

Jude has
come home to assume the responsibilities left to him upon his father’s death,
and to finally end the marriage into which he was tricked. To his surprise,
Anna is no longer an awkward, skinny girl with a furtive gaze. She has become a
lush, enigmatic vixen with dark eyes that shield secrets she seems determined
to keep.

In their
intimate war of wills, the heat of bold desire flares into passion—and casts
light on a shared past tangled in lies and blackmail. But until Jude can win
her trust and learn the truth, there will be no destroying the obstacles that
loom darkly between them…and the love that should have been theirs.

Product Warnings

This
title contains a shockingly revealing sapphire gown, highly improper behavior
at a masquerade, a tangled web of deception, and perhaps most scandalous of
all, a fiery passion that flares to life between a husband and wife who have
been estranged since their wedding day.