Falcon's Fire — Patricia Ryan

PASSION'S SPELL

Beautiful and impulsive, French-born Lady Martine vows never to fall in love after her mother dies of a broken heart. Yet she gives in to persuasion to leave her beloved Paris and meet a strange man -- a possible husband-to-be -- on England's misty coast.

Powerful and handsome, Sir Thorne Falconer also vows never to love. Born into wretched poverty, he pursues the one thing that separates the rich and the poor: land. By arranging Martine's betrothal to a noble Englishman, he is assured that a grand manor will be his. But he doesn't count on his overwhelming attraction to Martine -- and her fascination with him. And, as the two improbable lovers fight to deny their desire, they are drawn into a passion so fiery it sweeps away everything but all-consuming love.