Stranger to the Exquisite Treachery of Love... beautiful, headstrong Perdita Sinclair, future Countess of Strathgallant, was to choose a husband before inheriting her adopted grandmother's fortune. Faced with selecting one of her four handsome cousins, Perdita was thrown into a dizzying quandary. Was it fair-haired James, arrogant Henry, dashing Colin, or gentle Alex who ruled her heart? Did they believe her to be penniless as her scheming grandmother wished—or were they driven to heights of passion by cunning and greed? Then a charming Frenchman named Jules arrived at Strathgallant, claiming that he was its true blood heir, and suddenly Perdita's game of love turned to war—a war that was to plunge Strathgallant and its young mistress into a deadly web of deception and desire!