Beloved Tyrant — Violet Winspear

After the tragic death of her fiancée David, all Lyn Gilmour wanted was to get as far away from her old life as possible and the offer of a temporary job as nanny to a seven-year-old girl in California seemed just what she was looking for. Monterey was a beautiful place to recuperate, and the job was interesting. Everything, in fact, would have been perfect, but she had not bargained for the child's uncle, the hateful Rick Corderas.

Rick, a bold, handsome and ruthless as any of his Conquistador Forebears, was quick to pronounce Lyn unequal to the job of coping with his fiery, willful niece, Leoni. It was not a good beginning. Buy Lyn resolved to try, for the child's sake. Rick just could not be ignored him anyway. It was all helping her to forget David, but just where was it going to lead her? He made her feel alive again! But he hated her. It didn't matter a jot what this proud and haughty Spanish American thought of her. Then why couldn't she dispel his pagan image from her mind? Her mind rebelled, her heart loved.

Hero: Rick Corderas
Heroine: Lyn Gilmour