Bayou Rose — Linda Madl

IN A NEW ORLEANS PLANTATION HOUSE...
Haunted by family scandal, orphaned Neilly Lind seeks refuge at Rosewood, a grand New Orleans plantation presided over by the eccentric Stirling women. Neilly doesn't realize that her position as a lady's companion is merely a ruse; the sisters have hired her to ensnare their nephew, a handsome, arrogant man with a talent for sending female senses spinning but with nary a thought of settling down.

...THEY HAD A GHOST OF A CHANCE OF FINDING LOVE!
Damon Durande had gambled his way through England, waltzed his way through Paris, and even fought Indians in Texas...all to escape Rosewood and its painful memories. Only the outrageous schemes of his matchmaking aunts could bring him home. And only the challenging spirit and arousing beauty of Neilly -- a woman he suspected of both fortune-hunting and outright thievery -- could convince this roving bachelor that a woman's love was worth far more than a man's freedom.