For years naïve, convent-bred Julianadreaded being summoned to the side ofthe man she wed as a child so long ago. Now herhusband, Sebastian, Earl of Langlinais,has become ensnared in his villainous brother's wicked plots—and has no choice but toturn to his virgin bride for help.

Juliana now finds herself face-to-facewith a man so virile and so powerful that she'sfascinated by him—just as he asks her togo against everything she holds true. Sebastiannever counted on being enchanted bythe beauty of this innocent angel he intended tokeep as wife in name only—and hedares not reveal to her the secret reasonwhy their love can never be . . .