Beneath Tamara‘s cool beauty lay a dangerous secret – she had borrowed company funds for a desperate family crisis. But before she could return the money, ruthless entrepreneur Bickford Rutlidge took over the firm. Bickford was a handsome, hard-driving man who always got what he wanted – and he wanted Tamara. When he discovered the truth, he offered her a choice. She could escape the law‘s revenge – if she surrendered to the smoldering passion of the one man who ruled her destiny – a man who would own here, body and soul!