Anne Silverstone thought herself quite adept at fending off fortune hunters...until she came under siege from the chillingly pompous and dangerously disturbing Lord Darius Debenham—only son of the Duke of Yeovil . Why,would he wish to marry her, for it was rumored that his chosen bride must be a veritable model of virtue. And everyone knew that Anne, as the last of the wild, reckless Silverstone, was a woman who could not be bothered with society's rules....
Against his better judgment, Lord Darius Debenham—needs to find himself a wife—and quickly. Far from immune to Anne’s entrancing charms, the last thing Darius is about to bind himself into is a chaste marriage. Though the inheritance is more than tempting, Lord Darius knows the lady herself is the real prize and isn’t about to allow Anne to deny the burning fervor that sparks between them.So he does what any gentleman in his position would do –kidnap his unwilling fiancé and force her to become his wife.