Murderer, convict, opium-eater...Jessie Braddock's husband has come home.

Jessie's stepfather, wanting to exploit the estate, had brutalized her into marrying his nephew by proxy. She soon realizes Ryder Braddock, the wickedly handsome Viscount Blackwood, is far from the criminal she'd imagined, but his prison years have left him with a hardened edge and a ravenous appetite for sexual pleasures. Now the only thing in danger is her heart.