Beautiful, impetuous Rachel Etheridge has her choice of any of the young men in her fashionable London circle. Yet it is a brooding stranger, Jason Bourne, who wins her heart. Jason -- as rugged and mysterious as Emily Bronte's Heathcliff. Jason -- whose black eyes burn through Rachel's soul and whose knowing hands and lips awaken her senses. It is Jason whom Rachel chooses to wed. But their Parisian honeymoon reveals a dark side to Jason's nature. And his sudden mood swings and mysterious ways make Rachel doubt her choice. Tragedy must strike before Rachel can discover the fateful secret that so torments her lover's soul. 517 pages Published: March 1985 Alternate blurb: A newly wed young heiress's hope to free her husband from his shadowy past is soon abandoned, but her love for him remains--until half her fortune disappears, and his old flame discloses some startling secrets