" If you continue to play with fire , my dear, you will get burned. " he warned quietly, his foreboding tone filled with a promise. His smoldering eyes never wavering from her own intense stare. Her throat suddenly felt dry as an unrecognizable heat ran through her body. She tightly clasped her hands in front of her to prevent herself from reaching out , she was afraid she might reach for him instead of her glass of water. The feel of diamond biting into flesh didn't faze her as she kept her hands tightly laced in her lap. Did she dare to play with fire? Charlise Devereaux never really remember her father and her mother never really spoke about him. Growing up in a small town in Louisiana , all Charlise knew was all she had was her mother. On the eve of what Charlise expects to be the night of her engagement, she is delivered some news that will undoubtedly leave her shaken...and married ?