Rainbow — Patricia Potter

A FLIRT WITHOUT CONSEQUENCE
Heiress Meredith Seaton was the talk of Vicksburg, Mississippi. But Merry's appearance as a vain, simpering Southern belle concealed a sharp mind and a burning mission--one that could place her life in jeopardy were it discovered.

A ROGUE WITHOUT MORALS
Rakish riverboat owner Quinn Devereux was the black sheep of his family, a gambler of no ambition but a great deal of arrogance. His cynicism was also a cloak...which hid a past he dared not reveal and a present filled with peril.

Devereux was at once all Merry had ever wanted and everything she feared. His blue eyes seemed to see straight through to her soul, and his passion possessed her as no man's ever had. But bounty hunters would capture or kill anyone who dared to break the laws of society these two broke...and the brazen dreams of a man and woman in love were like chaff in the winds of destiny sweeping toward the flames of desire--or the tragedy of war....