HER BEAUTY WAS THE BAIT...Esmeralda MacClure knew that using her fiery beauty as a weapon was heartless. But her cousin's betrayal had stolen her family estate and now, forced to work as a seamstress, she has no choice if she wants to reclaim her inheritance. She must find a rich gentleman, and lure him with her exquisite charms, no matter what it takes....HE HAD ALWAYS ENJOYED THE CHASE...Arrogant playboy Keane Marshall thought it great sport to challenge a scheming "shopgirl" who was also the most devastatingly lovely woman he had ever seen. His seducing Esmeralda would expose her as a fortune hunter...and slake the hungry passion she awoke in his blood. But he never dreamed that one taste of her silken body would unleash an unquenchable fever to possess this wayward enchantress... and melt her unyielding heart.