Sweeping from the fabulous country estates and hunting lodges to the opulent ballrooms and salons of the Russian nobility, here is a novel of savage passions and dangerous pleasures by the incomparable Susan Johnson, mistress of the sensual historical and author of the bestselling Outlaw.
He was a renegade prince skilled in the arts of sensual persuasion. . . .
She knew him by reputation; a man unmindful of convention, it was said he offered sensual delight beyond a womanโs wildest dreams. Yet even forewarned of his wild and reckless past, Alisa Forseus found herself responding to the dark smoldering gaze and the quick warmth of Prince Nikolai Kuzanโs stolen caresses. She knew too well that love between them was impossibleโforbiddenโbut she could not resist the rapturous pleasure of one moment in his arms. . . .ย
She was the exquisite bounty in a scandalous wager of love. . . .ย
She was to be his prize, his ultimate conquest, but when Nikki found himself alone with the lovely and chaste Alisa, he was shocked to discover that it was more than her body he desire to possess. He had three days to win the heart of this proud and passionate beauty, three daysโand nightsโto steal her from the man she called husband in name only. For what began as a simple challenge had become a dangerous passion for a woman heโd surrender anything and everything to loveโeven his renegade heart.