She was a golden-haired French emigree wed to one of Regency Englands most eligible bachelors. She longed for the tender embraces of a loving man, but was destined to suffer danger and dishonor in her relentless search for love...WILLIAM DOWLINGMoreShe was a golden-haired French emigree wed to one of Regency Englands most eligible bachelors. She longed for the tender embraces of a loving man, but was destined to suffer danger and dishonor in her relentless search for love...WILLIAM DOWLINGGambling was his sin -- and making Marie the stakes was his downfall...THE EARL OF CRANBROOKCrafty and sadistic, she schemed to make Marie his prisoner - and a participant in his terrible rituals of love...BRANDON NICHOLASHe claimed Marie in one perfect, dreamlike night of ecstasy, then vanished -- leaving her to seek him in a war-torn Paris, where a beautiful woman could become a conquerors prize...