The Captain's Bride

A ravishing beauty with an irresistible air of innocence, Lady Violet Rochelle has no end of worthy suitors-not one of whom interests her in the slightest. For though seemingly demure, she harbors a secret yearning for adventure.and for a lover who is anything but proper. Captain Trevor Dane, lately of the King's navy, is a man known for his daring exploits and his victories in battle. But when, on a furtive mission of his own, he breaks into Violet's bedchamber and impudently avails himself of her kisses, he unleashes a passion that will soon seal both of their fates. Shadowed by intrigue and unrelenting danger, the last thing Dane needs is to be saddled with a wife. Yet when Violet vows to marry him, not to save her own reputation, but to save his, Dane finds himself up against a most formidable--and disarming--opponent: a raven-haired temptress who will not be denied! And now, as rumors swirl amid the ton that Dane is the elusive agent Le Corbeau, Violet sets out to show the world t