A DAZZLING BEAUTY WHO WANTED HER FREEDOM Victoria Townsend's bridegroom, Adam Remington, the Duke of Silvercove, had married her reluctantly ... but his kiss on their wedding night held a fire she never felt before, or since. A moment later Adam stalked out and sailed off to America ... or so she was led to believe. Now, seven years after his cruel desertion, Victoria longed for a real husband and a family. To free herself from this sham marriage, she began a daring quest to find the missing Adam Remington -- a journey into danger and an even more perlious love...