He Had A Soul Of Merciless Vengeance Behind A Courtly Mask... She Disguised A Dark Past Behind Her Sultry Passion... Two masters of manipulation matching wits-neither knowing love would soon unmask their hearts... The crash of swords, the clash of wills, an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth-this was all Armande de LeCroix knew of human nature. AS explosive war with the rebelling American colonies threatened, Armande waged his own war upon British soil: a bloody battle of revenge. Until he met indomitable Lady Phaedra...a tempestuous woman of uncommon spirit, destined to pierce his cold fa�ade—and free his imprisoned soul