Surrender to the Fury

the long version

*A beautiful Southern belle meets her match in a handsome Yankee cardshark* Aimee Fortune LaMotte hated Nick Drummond, and with good reason. The rogue gambier had swindled her father out of everything he owned. And then the handsome Yankee had demanded a passionate night with Aimee to pay off her own gambling debts, leaving her with an illegitimate child in the bargain. Years later, an officer in the despised Union army, Nick reentered Aimee's life as the South lay in flames. And though the beautiful belle's heart cried out for revenge, she was undone by the unexpected gentleness and nobility of the man who had wronged her five years before. She could not deny the irresistible desire that drew her into the powerful, loving arms of her enemy, and forced her to...**Surrender to the Fury**