The Bayou Fox — Helene Sinclair

"I vow on my father's grave to ruin Edward Hammond!" -- Bethany's tearstained face turned toward the grey Kentucky sky. Daughter of a riverboat gambler, Bethany had nevertheless been brought up a lady, innocent of men like Hammond, the "Bayou Fox," the man she believed cheated her father of all he owned. Now the raven-haired beauty planned a daring deception to beat this gambler at his own game... to destroy him as he had destroyed her father. But when she met him in the luxurious salon of a Mississippi steamer, she trembled. His blazing eyes ignited a fire in her blood, and his strong hands seemed made to hold her. Was she a match for this devastating man whose presence left her breathless, a man who -- in spite of how carefully she played her cards -- was slowly but surely winning her heart?