TO THE MANOR BORN Independent Alyssa Carrington had run her father's estate for years. But before his death, he auctioned Westgate Manor to the highest bidder, leaving her penniless. With no means to support herself, she was at the mercy of the new lord of the manor —- the dashing Duke of Gillingham. Now the ladies' man welcomed Alyssa into rooms that were once her own —- especially the master's bedroom. Captured in his haunting gaze, the copper-haired beauty felt her strong will weaken as she was torn between the allure of illicit passion and her dreams of wedded bliss. She would need to risk both to capture the reckless peer and become the mistress of his heart.