内容简介
ApactissealedinsecretbehindtheforebodingwallsofNewgatePrison.Inreturnforanightofunparalleledpleasure,adashingcondemnedcriminalconsentstowedabeautifulheiress,therebyrescuingherwithhisnamefromanimpendingandabhorredarrangedunion.Butinthefadingechoesofhollowweddingvows,asolemnpromiseisbroken,asasensuousfreespirittakesflighttoalushCaribbeanparadise,abandoningthestrangershemarriedtofacethegallowsunfulfilled.ButRuarkBeauchamp'sdestinyisnoweternallyintertwinedwiththatofthetempestuous,intoxicatingShanna.Hewillbefree...andhewillfindher.Fornoironeverforgedcanimprisonhisresolutepassion.Andnohangman'snoosewilldenyRuarktheecstasythatisrightfullyhis.
作者简介
(1939-2007)KathleenE.Woodiwiss,creatorofthemodernhistoricalromance,diedJuly6,2007inMinnesota.Shehadjustturned68.Herattorney,WilliamMesserlie,saidthatshediedafteralongillness.BornonJune3,1939inAlexandria,Louisiana,Mrs.Woodiwisswastheyoungestofeightsiblings.Shelongrelishedcreatingoriginalnarratives,andbyagesixwastellingherselfstoriesatnighttohelpherselffallasleep.Atage16,shemetU.S.AirForceSecondLieutenantRossWoodiwissatadance,andtheymarriedthefollowingyear.ShewroteherfirstbookinlonghandwhilelivingatamilitaryoutpostinJapan.Woodiwissiscreditedwiththeinventionofthemodernhistoricalromancenovel:in1972,shereleasedTheFlameandtheFlower,aninstantNewYorkTimesbestseller,creatingliteraryprecedent.TheFlameandtheFlowerrevolutionizedmainstreampublishing,featuringanepichistoricalromancewithastrongheroineandimpassionedsexscenes."KathleeenE.Woodiwissisthefoundingmotherofthehistoricalromancegenre,"saysCarrieFeron,vicepresident/editorialdirectorofWilliamMorrowandAvonBooks,imprintsofHarperCollinsPublishers.Feron,whohasbeenWoodiwiss'seditorfor13years,continues,"AvonBooksisproudtohavebeenKathleen'ssolepublishingpartnerforherpaperbacksandhardcovernovelsformorethanthreedecades."AvonBooks,aleaderinthehistoricalromancegenretothisday,remainsMrs.Woodiwiss'soriginalandonlypaperbackpublisher;WilliamMorrow,Avon'ssistercompany,publishesMrs.Woodiwiss'shardcovers.
