Compulsion — Elaine Fox

A LOVE THAT COULD NOT BE DENIED...

On the smoldering Virginia night when she first meets Ryan St. James, Catra Meredyth knows nothing can douse the fire that the infuriating Yankee has ignited within her. With one caress the handsome seducer has kindled a passion that threatens to turn the Southern belle's reputation to ashes -- and with one torrid kiss she consigns herself to the flames.

Ryan has supped at the table of sin, but on Catra's lips he has tasted heaven. A dedicated bachelor, Ryan finds that the feisty beauty tempts even his strongest resolve. In the heat of their love is a lesson to be learned: The needs of the flesh cannot be denied, but the call of the heart is stronger by far.