title: A Passionate Flower
author: McCarty, Betsy
description: ONLY HIS LOVE STOOD BETWEEN A DESTINY OF DESPAIR AND THE PROMISE OF PASSION
  
  PASSION'S PROMISE
  
  In the moonlight, Guerre took Althea in his arms. It was the first time in her young lift that any man had touched her with tenderness.
  
  From the misery of a childhood cursed by the legacy of a dishonored mother, Althea had been thrust into the hands of an evil Count, who forced her to suffer.
  Now, alone with Guerre after a daring rescue, she trembled with a desire she had never known, and yearned to surrender to the passion that consumed her.
  
  But torn from Guerre's embrace, Althea would endure unspeakable cruelties. And with a strength that belied her delicate young beauty, she would survive. For she had to believe that she would someday know the sweet ecstasy of two hearts finally united as one.