He charged out of the darkness to her rescue ...

Amelia Grant has just escaped her lecherous employer with nothing but the clothes on her back. In the predawn hours of London, a horse and carriage come barreling down on her, and a stranger rushes to her aid, sweeping her off her feet ...

There is something dark and dangerous about Nicholas Riley. With eyes gray like flint and hard as steel, he's unusual ... beautiful. The intensity behind his gaze makes her feel like the only person in the world. And then he whispers ...

"I want your complete surrender."