. . in return for one night of unparalleled pleasure.In the fading echoes of hollow wedding vows, a promise is broken -- as a sensuous free-spirit flees to a lush Caribbean paradise, abandoning the handsome stranger she married to the gallows. But Ruark Beauchamp's destiny is now eternally intertwined with his exquisite, tempestuous Shanna's. And no iron ever forged can imprison his magnificent passion . . . and no hangman's noose will deny him the ecstasy that is rightfully his.

    Hilarious comedy, fast moving drama, romance spiced with wit and charm - Miss Heyer combines all this with the period conversation and manners she knows to perfection.These five books will give hours of entertainment and lasting pleasure.

    Face-to-face with an oncoming army, he could decide matters of life and death. But now, face-to-face with one gentle woman, he was hopelessly confused and uncertain. Startled by Catherin's pale beauty when he first saw her, he was dumbfounded by her passionate radiance now, and he felt a desire far different from his usual impersonal need for a woman.

    The young Marquess was her guardian. She had to live by his impossible rules - until he found a husband for her. Christina was certain it was his evil influence that drove her to a life of crime. Before long she could steal enough money to free her father from debtors' prison and herself from the Marquess's tyranny. Then she met the notorious felon, Black Dan. Christina charmed her way into a partnership with him. And suddenly she was in love with the most wanted criminal in all of England...