To most of the nobility, Prudence

Varney was an outsider--even

her porcelain beauty could

not erase her heritage

of shame. Pursued by

an evil lord bent on

vengeance, Prudence

escapes aboard a ship

bound for the colon&s

in the guise of an

indentured male servant.

Her charade goes unnoticed until

she is purchased by Flynt Birket, a

man whose dark and intriguing gaze

senses her secret.

But even as she surrenders to the

glories oLbis sweet embrace, a cruel

destiny mocks their passion and

threatens~to destroy them forever.