He'd lost the woman he loved in a careless gamble...now he would stop at nothing to win her back. You've been eagerly awaiting Lad Walker's story, and this irrepressible rogue will not disappoint. In Mary Spencer's sumptuous, unforgettable new novel, Lad is more charming, intriguing, and irresistible than ever.... A price paid in passion.... It has been three long years since Diana cast her beloved husband from her life, banishing him from Castle Kerlain. In a night of drunken foolishness, Lad Walker gambled away the land that was his birthright--and the only home she knew. It has been three long years...and Lad has spent many a cold winter night alone, thinking of ways to collect money so he can earn back his estate and his wife's forgiveness. Now that he's made a fortune by wagering on the love matches among the ton, he's returned home determined to make Diana his wife once more. But first he must wear down her resistance and convince her that during his time away, he'd dreamed only of her...desired only her. Now he vowed to claim his part of the bargain...in her bed. And he would settle for nothing less than all Diana had to give.