title: The Countess Misbehaves
author: Ryan, Nan
description: SHE WAS A PROPER LADY
  
  As the mighty ocean liner sank to its watery grave, two strangers boldly savored their final moments by making passionate love. Matching the raging hurricane outside with her own white-hot abandon, Countess Madeleine Cavendish willingly surrendered herself to the devilishly handsome Creole rogue -- never dreaming of a fate worse than death. Never dreaming she'd survive.
  
  EXCEPT IN HIS ARMS
  
  Now, amidst the glitter of New Orleans society, reunited with her oh-so-proper fiance, Madeleine tries to forget the lover who awoke her to temptation. But trying to forget a man like Armand de Chevalier is impossible. Especialy since he, too, survived and is seizing every opportunity to remind her of their shared desire.
  
  But as a treacherous web of deceit closed around her, Madeleine must turn to the one man she swore never to acknowledge again, daring to surrender to a passion that could shatter her world -- or bring her its sweetest bliss....