Dark Temptation — Allison Chase

On desolate Blackheath Moor, made treacherous by swirling mist and ghostly cries, a young woman finds refuge in a mystical churchyard--and in the arms of a handsome stranger.

Exiled to her aunt's home in Cornwall after provoking scandal in London, Sophie St. Clair knows that something is amiss in the village of Penhollow. Mysterious lights, phantom ships-- are smugglers once again plying their trade along the coast? Too much remains unexplained, including Sophie's passionate response to the rakish nobleman whose help she seeks and whose embrace she can't resist.

After his father's death, Chad Rutherford, Earl of Wycliffe, returns to his family estate tormented by guilt for his reckless past and haunted by ghosts that demand retribution for their murders. Then one fateful night Sophie materializes out of the mist, and she and Chad embark on a dangerous quest to uncover the secrets of both past and present. Will the powerful spirits of Blackheath Moor hold them in their eternal grip? Or can Chad and Sophie vanquish the evildoers and claim their future together?