Moira, the beautiful young widowed Duchess of Sheffield, knew all too well why Devon St. Gwyre, the Earl of Langley, hated her so: It was she who had shattered his younger brother's heart by refusing to marry the lovelorn youth. It was she who had driven him to go off to war and recklessly throw away his life in battle. And now it was she, more exquisitely enticing than ever, who asked the Earl to take charge of the child of a forbidden love and a loveless marriage.

No wonder the devastating Devon was driven to rage at the very sight of her. No wonder he wanted nothing better than to settle the score with her. But soon she discovered that this man who knew a woman's weakness as well as he knew his own strength had a weapon of vengeance she had not dreamed of. For far more dangerous than Devon's anger was Devon's desire...