I'm not a poor little thing! I'm tough and unscrupulous and you'd better not forget it!

But beneath her show of bravado, Jane West had to face the truth: Marc Le Rossignol had her exactly where he wanted her! The arrogant Frenchman all but owned her precious business and, he assured her, it was only a matter of time before he owned her, too! And, though Jane was determined to fight, Marc was playing a lethal game with her that he seldom lost — seduction!