The first in the Velvet Montgomery Annals Quadrilogy is an epic historical romance that will stay with you long after you turn the final page—from New York Times bestselling author Jude Deveraux.

At the flower-bedecked altar, the first touch of their hands ignited an all-consuming passion. Gavin Montgomery looked deep into her golden eyes and burned with desire for her but his heart had been pledged to another. Humiliated and alone in a strange castle, Judith resolved to hate this husband who took her body, but rejected her love...never admitting her fear of losing him.

But destiny held another fate for Judith...a fate that would keep at last.