Midnight Flame — Lynette Vinet

HE'D SHAME HER. When. vengeful Tony Duvalier discovered that a "Miss L. Delaney" was responsible for his uncle's death, the hot-tempered aristocrat vowed he'd make the gold-digging chit pay. But when he met the innocent-looking Laurel Delaney, he couldn't reconcile the emerald-eyed, lustrous-haired lady with his image of a scheming, cheap hussy! It would take the powerful planter tremendous effort, but he'd humiliate the guilty femme fatale -- even if it cost him the kind of love he could feel only once in a lifetime! SHE'D FOOL HIM. When her trouble-making cousin Lavinia begged Laurel to help her hide from the Duvalier family, compassionate Laurel didn't hesitate. Disguising her relative as a traveling companion, the refined heiress steamboated away from New Orleans. Giggling with the success of their escape, she bravely met the fierce Duvalier -- and was stunned by his arrogance, confidence ... and charm. Laurel knew she should avoid the very man she was deceiving. But the moment she felt his commanding embrace, the aroused woman knew she had to submit to their sensual, raging MIDNIGHT FLAME.