The Ruby
Teal-eyed enchantress Barrett Winslow fled through the gaslit  London streets, staked by a ruthless enemy in search of a secret she  can never reveal.  And when fate tosses her into the arms of an exotic  stranger, she finds herself swept away to a brazen, steamy paradise  that hides deadly secrets and forbidden passions.  Fierce protector or  dark betrayer?  To London's rich and powerful he is Deveril Pagan,  Viscount St. Cyr, envied by all men and desired by all women.  But in  the mist-covered emerald hills of Ceylon, he is called the Tiger Sahib,  and for him the priceless, fabled ruby is only a curse, its blood red  facets pulsing with savage power that drive men to unquenchable greed  and women to unspeakable desire.  Lovers bound by dark destiny.  From  the glittering corridors of London's elite to the wind-swept shores of  colonial Ceylon, they tried to flee their fierce fate, which throbbed  in the crimson heart of the legendary jewel . . . driving the lovers to  stolen passion and unthinkable evil in the sultry, tropical night.  For  there, only one man stands between Barrett and the darkness . . . and  he might just be the greatest threat of all . . . .