Wild and willful, Madeline had run rings around the besotted men who fell for her wicked blue eyes and black mane of hair. Until she met Dominic Stanton.

Their scandalous affair and broken engagement had sent Madeline running, crushed by a man who took his revenge in the most public of ways.

But now Madeline had returned, poised and controlled, her inner fire hidden--to everyone but Dominic. And now, somehow, two passionate adversaries would try to end the bitterness that had driven their families apart. But both knew it was a dangerous game....