Free from her cruel stpfather, Jessie Twill journeyed to CharlesTown, South Carolina, ready to start a new life-only to lose the man she married by proxy shortly after her arrival. Determined to save her new found freedom, the young widow convinced a handsome servent to pose as he husband. And Sean Winthrop filled the role so well taht before long Jessie had to fight to resist his passionate advances. But when she began to suspect Winthrop was a notorious brigand, Jessie had to choose between betraying the one man who could set her heart ablaze-and allowing Sean to plunder her yearning flesh in the hope that love would make him an honest man.
