Shining Nights — Lynda Trent

As England bowed to Elizabethan rule, a dazzling beauty challenged her destiny -- and an irresistible love

WILLFUL, BEAUTIFUL LAUREL DEVON LOST EVERYTHING...

After her father's death she fell upon the charity of the queen. Yet Laurel kept her noble innocence -- until the night she felt the burning lips of a dark and handsome stranger.

But when her mother married again -- to a cruel and scheming baron -- Laurel was given in payment for debts to none other than the stranger who had stolen that passionate kiss, wealthy Lord Richard Madison.

Their forced challenged their stubborn hearts. Victims of deceit and suspicion, jealousy and pride, they were soon locked in a spirited battle that smoldered with an ecstasy of desire they couldn't deny.