The Countess Author:Valentina Luellen A plea for help from her sister Natasha brought Countess Alexandreya Romanova to St. Petersburg - a city soon to be at the mercy of the new Czar, Peter the Mad. She finds Natasha trapped in a miserable marriage, so notorious for her love affairs that Alexandreya's own reputation becomes suspect. — Dmitri Varanov, leader of Catherine II's Cossack... more » guards, is arrogantly determined to have Alexandreya, and their passionate battle is as fierce as the war between mad Peter and ruthless Catherine. For Dmitri despises all women as deeply as Alexandreya mistrusts all men...« less