TO LOVE AND ADORE
Lily Christian was just an enchantingly innocent child of paradise when shefell in love with the sun-bronzed captain who came to take her home toEngland. But shamed by the resplendent ladies of the court, she bitterlydespaired of ever being loved in return.

As the years passed, and fortune's cruelty forced her into a life ofadventure, the girl once forgotten became a ravishing beauty who tormentedValentine Whitelaw's heart. And as the royal treachery that had destroyedher family now threatened her, he became her champion.Drawn together into perilous adventure and intrigue, they crossed the world,won glorious renown in the service of the Queen... and found their love'sdestiny past the ends of desire.