"I'll never leave you," Gaby said. And as her soft, petal-like kisses captured his mouth, she gave self up to the desire that exploded at his touch....

Exquisitely beautiful Gabrielle Reynaud met Rayne Elliot in the Court of Angels, the legendary New Orleans house of ill-fame where she had been raised. This handsome, rugged Texas rancher had been handpicked as her first client to initiate her into a life of paid pleasure. Instead she fell in love with Rayne and left the sultry southern city for a future with him. But could the passion that brought them together keep them together when there were so many who could not forget or forgive her past? Gaby needed all the fiery force of love and all her daring and courage to win the gamble that her heart had made....