It's the nineties, for heaven's sake. Intelligent women simply do not find themselves won in a card game in Monte Carlo. But Maximillian Donelli makes his own rules, and tonight Francesca Drury is his. Her loyalty to her brother offers no alternative-she has to go through with this crazy charade. But kidnapping! Who does Max Donelli think he is ? Her brother's archrival, that's who. And now Max's potent sexuality promises to weaken Francesca's defenses-and threatens to make her a traitor....