Trumph in Arms

Once a starveling bootblack, Christien Lenoir has risen to become the sword master known as Faucon, the Falcon. When a desperate gambler stakes his plantation in a late-night card game, sharp-eyed Christien antes up. For he wants River's Edgeand the tempestuous widow whose birthright it is. And he will stop at nothing to have both.\n\nReine Cassard Pingre feels trapped: the only way to keep her beloved homeand her inheritanceis to accept Christien's bold proposal of marriage. Though she instantly mistrusts his purpose, and despite rumors that she had a hand in her husband's mysterious death, Reine cannot dissuade him from weddingand beddingher. Their union is electrifying, but the honeymoon may be cut short by the lurid secrets at the heart of River's Edge.