Four clans have been at war for centuries: the Kodiak, the Raven, the Wolf, and the Ram. Through brutal war tactics, the Ram have dominated the region, inflicting death and destruction on their neighbors.

She had a face that was perfectly forgettable. At least that is how Jamie Grace described his wife Georgie to his cousin Colonel Adam Marrick, the new Duke of Rothray. Adam might have believed it if he had just met her in passing. But as he visits with his cousin’s widow and child, Adam realizes that Jamie had deliberately whetted his appetite with a purpose. He wanted to make sure Adam would be with his family if he couldn’t. The longer he spends with Georgie Grace, the more Adam wants to do just that, with a perfectly forgettable woman, who turns out to be surprisingly unforgettable.

Uncouth American Elijah Wolfe’s ambition is as savage and insatiable as his name might suggest. He is a collector of pretty possessions, and from the moment he spies shy, bespectacled Felicity Goode, he decides she must belong to him.

This infuriating bluestocking, however, is in the habit of making her own decisions, and is not about to yield on behalf of a brutally handsome, silver-tongued devil.