The wedding day deal…
’Till death us do part.’ A solemn wedding vow, and one Lord Deverell's young bride most ardently wishes to bring about – sooner rather than later! Only minutes after the wedding Alexandra is brandishing a pistol at her husband, accusing him of ruining her father and killing her brother.
So Deverell makes one more, wholly unexpected, vow – that he's completely innocent of both crimes and will prove it. If after six months she isn't totally convinced, then he'll take the consequences. What he must do now is win Alexandra's trust – using every means at his disposal…