AS MARDI GRAS FLARED IN THE GLITTERING STREETS OF NEW ORLEANS, ECSTASYBLAZED IN A SMALL, STARK ROOM...To prevent the duel she was sure would kill her sister's fiance, AnyaHamilton took as her prisoner the magnificently handsome Ravel Duralde. Butin a small, stark room on her lush Louisiana plantation, it was Anya whobecame Ravel's prisoner of desire. For in that little room, Ravel awakenedall of Anya's longings--and satisfied them. The protests running through hermind were no match for the heat coursing through her veins, and Anyareturned again and again to Ravel's chamber to love and be loved, toexperience pleasures' she'd never dreamed possible. As Anya struggled tocontrol her raging emotions, and Ravel strove to win her love, they bothfaced the challenge of staying alive to enjoy again the paradise in eachother's arms....