Beloved — Jean Innes

Gentian Valmar Mallory awakens in the rocking hold of a ship, rope-bound and unable to remember where she is...or who she is. She is convinced she has been kidnapped by pirates, or worse. Until the ship's captain, Lord Trevis Mallory, stuns her with the news that he is her husband.

Is Trevis really who he claims he is--or a devilish villain who threatens her very life? Haunted by visions of her brother's death, Gentian knows that she dare not trust the man who may have been responsible...even as Trevis 's soft words and searing kisses stir memories of happier times--and a passion that filled her heart.

Now, on a perilous voyage to Cyprus, the secrets of Gentian's life begin to unfold like a late-blooming flower, revealing a ruthless plot to seize her fortune. Soon Gentian will have to place her faith--and fate--in the man who seems to know her like no other--a man more beloved than life itself....