Beyond the Dawn — Jo Ann Wendt

They were strangers -- but in one night of passion they found a love stronger than deception and distance, treachery and time.

"Kiss me!" he commanded.

She lifted her pursed mouth to his like a child. Good lord, he thought, she doesn't even know how to kiss a man. Yet, the moment her mouth touched his, he was lost in passionate thrall.

Who was this slight, young girl with fiery hair and deep green eyes? Why had she come to this disreputable dockside inn for an assignation with a stranger? And where, he raged when he awakened, where had she gone?

Captain Garth McNeil's night with Flavia, the Duchess of Tewksbury, would change his life forever. Now she carried the son she needed to save her life - and a love so fierce it would shelter her through all the tumultuous tomorrows.