First published: 19981 languageISBN: 9781459237308
Description
Upon the death of her father, Eve Somerville is shocked to learn that to secure her inheritance she must marry their neighbor, coldly handsome Marcus Fitzalan. As she and Marcus start to learn more about each other, her cousin Gerald, her father’s heir, comes to take possession of the entailed estate. Gerald secretly dreams of sabotaging the planned marriage so that Eve will forfeit her inheritance back to him.