The Rescued Heart — Melinda McRae

A HANDSOME STRANGER
Beautiful young Bess Williams was resigned to living a quiet life of genteel poverty in the English countryside after her officer father died fighting Napoleon. Then one day a stranger arrived, the most handsome, irresistibly gallant man she had ever met.

A DAZZLING GIFT
His name was Kit Swinton and he claimed to be the younger son of an earl. With him he brought a parting gift from Bess's father--a fabulous necklace that would be her passport into the London world of wealth and pleasure.

A DANGEROUS DESIRE
Bess surrendered to the temptation of selling the necklace and entering London's social whirl--only to find herself in a maze of intrigue and deception where one man could guide her to safety. Kit Swinton was the only man she could turn to, the only one she could trust. But Bess could not trust herself when he took her in his arms, and she could only follow her heart when he gave her the greatest, most perilous gift of all--the gift of fiery love....