Ransomed Heart
LOVE WASN'T PART OF THE BARGAIN

Beautiful, blonde Analisa Avalon just wanted to sell her jewelry to pay her father's gambling debts, but the buyer would settle for no less than the most precious jewel of all...Analisa!  The shock of Roan de la Corte's brazen offer was quickly replaced by the cruel realization that her fate at the hands of underworld creditors could be far worse than surrendering herself to a man who, despite his cynical proposal, was far from unattractive to her.  But who was this stranger who had brought her to his luxurious desert hideaway as though she were his latest acquisition?  Did she dare to trust his warm and gentle caress, or respond to the furious pounding of her own heart?  Would this moment born of desire end in despair...or was this the beginning of a love they would treasure forever?