Captive Hearts — Teresa Reasor

A witness to murder. A man unjustly jailed. Can finding love and justice free these captive hearts? Bent on seeing her family's murderers caught, Lady Katherine Leighton strikes a bargain with Captain Matthew Hamilton. They will wed just long enough for her to shed her uncle's hampering control and pursue the investigation her uncle refuses to undertake. Little does she know that what begins as a means to find justice, will end in the handsome American capturing her heart and holding it prisoner. Betrayed by one woman, Matthew doesn't trust the English beauty who offers him freedom from prison in exchange for marriage vows, but knowing it is his only escape, he agrees to the bargain. Little does he know that what begins as a means to gain his freedom will end in him losing his heart to the feisty woman who refuses to listen to reason. From the moment their lips meet to seal the vows, a passion ignites between them, which they are eager to ignore. When the highwaymen who brutalized Katherine's mother come after her, Matthew feels honor bound to protect her, but Katherine wants more than his honorable intentions, she wants his love... And she's willing to fight to get it.