She was too reckless to submit to the plantation code of her wealthy family...too proud to surrender to any man until one man took her by force and unleashed the smoldering passion of her secret, outlaw blood....

Trent Kiferson would live a life of rebellion and defiance. From the decadent vanities of New Orleans to the seductive entrapments of the notorious Barbary Coast, she would be seized, ravished, sold at auction into a world of savage intrigue, princely feuds, and a raging vendetta that would reveal the astonishing truth of her heritage and set her on a perilous course -- beyond love, beyond ecstasy, beyond the boldest dream....