Pursued by an evil man, Madeline Christophe is forced to flee France with an assumed name and a kidnapped baby. Desperation forces her into a marriage of convenience with a rugged stranger.Brazos Sinclair is in no position to make any woman a decent husband, but Madeline's exquisite beauty sparks something within his tortured soul that surprises him—the desire to protect, to possess, to cherish.Though the secrets in their pasts and an unknown enemy has the power to destroy them both, not even a man as strong as Sinclair can resist the charms of this fallen angel.