Love's Wild Desire
Description:
Aristocratic Rafael Navarro spies the beautiful Catherine Mayfield at one of New Orleans' most exotic quadroon balls and mistakes her for a woman who generously dispenses her favors. He realizes too late that he has hopelessly compromised a lady of the haute monde.
With no choice but to accept his proposal, the enraged Catherine becomes his bride. Rafael whisks her away to his bayou home, a looming, dark mansion of secrets and forbidden passions. Here, whispers of past tragedy and present danger begin to insinuate their way into her life -- while she weakens to her growing desire for a man whose caress ruthlesly tempts her with the pleasures of love.
But the past may keep her from claiming the heart of this enigmatic man, who has indelibly and passionately claimed her body and her soul....