Reynaud St. Aubyn has spent the last seven years in hellish captivity. Now half mad with fever he bursts into his ancestral home and demands his due.
Can this wild-looking man truly be the last earl`s heir, thought murdered by Indians years ago? Beatrice Corning, the niece of the present earl, is a proper English miss. But she has a secret: No real man has ever excited her more than the handsome youth in the portrait in her uncle`s home. Suddenly, that very man is here, in the flesh-and luring her into his bed Only Beatrice can see past Reynaud`s savagery to the noble man inside.
For his part, Reynaud is drawn to this lovely lady, even as he is suspicious of her loyalty to her uncle. But can Beatrice`s love tame a man who will stop at nothing to regain his title-even if it means sacrificing her innocence?