GREGORY GORDON'S COAL-BLACK EYES BORED STRAIGHT INTO MY SOUL. NO FORCE HAD EVER HELD ME IN PLACE LIKE THE GRIP OF HIS EYES AS HE MOVED TOWARD ME.... Beautiful Jean Forbes fled 18th-century Scotland to seek refuge from the ruthless British Army. Her only sanctuary was the grim castle of Strathseton, where her distant cousin Gregory Gordon, Marquis of Huntly, lived walled away from a world he hated. It was fear at first sight when Jean entered this menacing place. And it was passion at first touch when she gave herself to Gregory in a fury of feeling. But Jean felt trapped in the castle, fearful that the power of her growing desire would prove as deadly as the dark secrets that threatened to envelop this handsome, brooding man she was so desperate to love....