by Christina Skye
Avon
ISBN #0-380-77386-4
$5.99 U.S. / $7.99 Can.
Series - Draycott Abbey

1794

Rake and reckless hero, Gabriel Montserrat falls prey to blackest treachery - his death a mystery to be locked away forever in the deepest recesses of Draycott Abbey.

1994

American-born beauty Cathlin O'Neill finds herself named in a strange bequest. But to claim her legendary treasure, she must spend seven days - and nights - in the hauntingly beautiful British Abbey where her mother was murdered years before.

Her co-inheritor is Dominic Montserrat - arrogant ex-royal bodyguard and confirmed cynic - who must now protect Cathlin . . . and help heal the secret pain of her wounded heart. For grave danger prowls the abbey's ghostly halls - where Cathlin and Dominic must confront the dark shadows of a mysterious past . . . in a sacred cause of a love too long unfulfilled and a passion too long denied.

Excerpt

    "Let go of my hand. Now," Cathlin snapped.
    "Maybe I don't want to let go," Dominic said cockily.
    "There are two kinds of women in this world. Those who say no and mean it. And those who say no and mean it."
    "Very clever, Ms O'Neill. But there are two kinds of men in the world: those who think there are two kinds of women, and those who know they'll never understand the first thing about the incredible subtlety of the female mind. I happen to fall into the second group. Now what about my proposition?"
    Cathlin shook her head in disbelief. "There are probably four hundred women in this room right now. Go pick one of them."
    His jade eyes glinted. "I don't want one of them, I want you."

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