SHE CRAVED ONE MAN'S LOVE--BUT WAS FORCED TO SUBMIT TO ANOTHER MAN'SPASSION.SHANNON: The beautiful, illegitimate daughter of a wealthy Alabama planter,she was torn from the world of privilege at sixteen and plunged into depthsshe abhorred...SHANNON: Drawn by love from the plantation luxury of Mobile to the hellishheat of Panama, she found herself abandoned by the man to whom she'd givenher heart -- and at the mercy of another whose private desire would dictateher future...SHANNON: A reckless girl becomes a daring woman in one of the mostunforgettable novels you've ever read!