شانا

an alternate cover edition can be found hereBehind the foreboding walls of Newgate Prison, a pact is sealed in secret -- as a dashing and doomed criminal consents to wed a beautiful heiress . . . in return for one night of unparalleled pleasure.In the fading echoes of hollow wedding vows, a promise is broken -- as a sensuous free-spirit flees to a lush Caribbean paradise, abandoning the handsome stranger she married to the gallows. But Ruark Beauchamps destiny is now eternally intertwined with his exquisite, tempestuous Shannas. And no iron ever forged can imprison his magnificent passion . . . and no hangmans noose will deny him the ecstasy that is rightfully his.