num_pages: 274
description: Length: 7 hrs and 24 mins A mistress should never be foolish enough to fall in love with her protector nor trust him with her financial future. Mariah Desmond did both and now her dearly departed protector has left her with nothing. Forced to seek another protector shes determined that this time shell lead with her survival instinctnot her heart. But when she attends one of Vivien Mannings infamous parties the familiar face of her late lovers best friend throws her for a loop. A painful past taught John Rycroft that hes not fit to be anyones knight in shining armor. His soft spotmake that a hard spotfor Mariah is precisely why hes kept his distance. Yet the sight of her flirting with a bevy of men vying to become her next lover makes something inside him snap. As John hauls her bodily away from her suitors Mariahs indignation melts away in the heat of the sizzling sexual chemistry. She quickly finds it isnt easy to navigate Johns stormy emotional waters. Especially when his abusive fathers quest to get his son back under his thumb puts her life in danger. Product WarningsContains intensely sexy scenes of two people falling into bed (a lot) and in love.
language: English
title: For Desire Alone
publisher: Samhain Publishing, Ltd.