Her Duke at Daybreak — Wendy LaCapra

She promised three nights, he'll crave a lifetime

Infamous for his pedigree of madness and murder, the reclusive Duke of Ashbey believes he cannot feel until a mysterious woman unlocks a world of sensation in a single, shattering moment of connection. Ash casts a desperate bid for more.

Recent widow Alicia Stone has long been reviled as the chief impediment to a love affair that captured the nation's imagination. Publicly, she settled for respectability's cold comfort, but, secretly, she longs to experience what she never found with her famous husband -- uninhibited passion.

When Ashbey proposes a discreet three-night assignation, Alicia shocks herself by accepting. But will their explosive union cost them both far more than they bargained?