EVERY WOMAN LONGS TO FIND THE HERO SHE HAS SEEN IN HER DREAMS ... Ever since she was a spirited hellion of a child, Letitia Olive Hornsby has been certain that Richard, the dashing and disreputable son of the Earl of Downe, is the white knight of her dreams. So certain, in fact, that Letty, now fully grown and unexpectedly beautiful, plans to save Richard from himself ... by marrying him. With Letty meddling his affairs, Richard is driven nearly mad —- with desire. When fate makes them prisoners of a ring of dangerous smugglers, Richard discovers in his mischievous cellmate a pure, romantic, questing spirit that sparks a flame in his own shadowed heart. If only they can escape, a wondrous passion can blaze free ... and they can find a lifetime's adventures in each others arms.