Devil and angel, bandit and postulant; Rodrigo Delgado O'Hara and Angelica Howe fell in love against all odds. When Angelica left the safety of the convent to teach at the Mission in Santa Barbara, she would never have believed she'd become a hostage in a Mexican bandit's camp. Now her only hope was that her brother would pay the ransom of gold and guns so that she could return to the sheltered life she had known. There was more danger of losing her heart than her life to El Diablo. The bandit leader, with his passionate kisses and whispered words of love, was quickly turning her world upside down. But she had to remember that he was an outlaw, with a price on his head--a man who would never be tamed.Rodrigo--El Diablo--had never put a woman before his fight for his people's freedom. But the angelic señorita tempted him beyond reason with her blond hair that shimmered like gold, her blue eyes that sparked with promised passion, and her brave, courageous spirit that matched his own. This woman had captured his heart and although he knew their love would face the ultimate test--he wanted to know the warmth of her love just once before he had to let her go.