Alexandra Thurston wants revenge. Revenge to the husband who accused her of infidelity and divorced her, tainting her as a scarlet woman. She vows she will reclaim her good name and never marry again. But her father wants grandchildren, heirs to his banking fortune and is determined to find her a husband. And he has no luck until she finds herself caught in a compromising position with the handsome plantation owner, Connor Manning.Connor Manning loves only one thing, his family plantation and he's desperate to save River Bend from the tax man. Desperate enough to agree to marry Alexandra for cold hard cash never dreaming that this spirited woman would ensnare his heart, leaving him yearning for a marriage more than in name only— knowing their marriage is based on a terrible betrayal.