Description
Dominica 1860- Phaedra Toussaint will never claim her inheritance if her cousins, Marquis, Carlos and Dante have their way. Zephir Mfume will never acquire a very valuable piece of Toussaint property, unless he agrees to the cousins' scandalous conditon for the sale: Take Phaedra away from Toussaints! To claim her inheritance she must be on the property by the stroke of midnight on her twentieth birthday.
Zephir can't deny his interest in the fiery, outspoken beauty. He's no gentleman, but finds it disgraceful that three men entrusted with the welfare of their own exquisite female cousin, would practically sell her.
What begins as a swindle, quickly transforms into something far more dangerous. Phaedra discovers she must protect not only her land, but also her heart from the darkly seductive Mfume.