'A sensual, exciting tale by a true queen of the genre.'
- Romantic Times
INTRIGUED
On her mother's advice, Lady Autumn Leslie leaves war-torn England for France - in the hope of making a suitable match. Fortune smiles on Autumn in the guise of the wealthy and handsome Marquis d'Auriville, but when she is widowed only a few years later, she vows never to give her heart to another man.
Yet two kings - Louis XIV and Charles II - boldly bid for her affections, plunging Autumn into a heady world of courtly intrigue, where powerful men do not hesitate to use a beautiful woman for their own ends - or barter her for their wildest pleasures. Lost in a swirl of forces beyond her control, Autumn finds a face from her past - Gabriel Bainbridge, the Duke of Garwood - gazing upon her with the determination to become her passionate, and only, destiny . . .