Surrender the Heart — Nina Beaumont

Christopher Blanchard was everything she'd ever needed... yet didn't want. Ariane de Valmont prized her independence above all else, and to secure it, she'd struck a seductive bargain with a tantalizing American. Now she feared that in this heart's gamble, le beau sauvage, as Parisian society named him, held all the cards.... The son of a scandal, Chris Blanchard caused a sensation among the "beau monde," intending to settle old scores and quickly be gone again. Until he was caught by the gaze of Ariane de Valmont, whose eyes bespoke a forever kind of love...