title: Promise of Eden
author: Criswell, Millie
description: Beauclaire
  
  Guarded by ancient oaks, graced by delicate dogwood and surrounded by sprawling tobacco fields, Beauclaire sat proudly on the scenic banks of the Rappshonnock River. One of Virginia's most coveted plantations, it was also Eden Fairchild's birthright -- the beloved home she would risk anything to keep…
  
  Eden
  
  But her precious heritage was about to fall into the hands of Clay Braxton. The commanding and handsome heir to a neighboring plantation. Clay had never forgiven her for breaking their engagement five years before. Now he had the power to take away all that Eden cherished most…unless she surrendered to his demands. But a chilly marriage of convenience sparked treacherous flames of desire that threatened to consume Eden in their untamed fury. Unable to resist Clay's searing passion, Eden knew that only she could quench his thirst for vengeance with a rapturous love that could prove the most enduring legacy of all…
  