The Gift of Loving — Patricia Wilson

Lucy didn't trust Guy an inch

The Comte de Chauvrais was the rudest and most insensitive man she had ever met.

What had possessed her Aunt Wanda to accept an invitation to stay at his chateau? And why was he so interested in them? The whole affair made Lucy nervous.

Especially when Guy claimed love did not exist--that it was merely a respectable cover for desire. Suddenly Lucy was strangely afraid she'd never be able to escape from the trap he had set--and the desire he aroused in her....

Hero: Guy Chabrol, Comte de Chauvrais
Heroine: Lucinda "Lucy" Balfour