Midnight Flame (Heartfire)

HE'D SHAME HER. When vengeful Tony Duvalier discovers a "Miss L. Delaney" is responsible for his uncle's death, the hot-tempered aristocrat vows to make her pay. But he can't reconcile the emerald-eyed innocence of Laurel Delaney with his image of a scheming, cheap hussy. Despite the way she sets his heart aflame, he's determined to humiliate the guilty femme fatale -- even if it costs him once-in-a-lifetime love. SHE'D FOOL HIM. When trouble-making Lavinia begs her cousin Laurel to hide her from the Duvalier family, Laurel disguises her relative as a traveling companion and steamboats away from New Orleans. But when she meets the very man she's deceiving, she's stunned by his arrogance, confidence ... and charm. She knows she should avoid Tony Duvalier, but the moment this refined heiress feels his commanding embrace, she knows she has to submit to their sensual, passionate midnight flame.