Riverboat rogue

the long version

SHE WAS SEARCHING FOR LOVE Orphaned and alone, Merribeth Winston set out in search of her runaway sister, the only family she had left. But on the steamer bound for New Orleans, a dazzling raven-haired stranger caught her eye--and sent the innocent beauty's pulse soaring! Riverboat gambler Brent O'Neal was as irresistible as they came. The handsome, blue-eyed devil tempted her as no man ever had ... his kisses sparking a fever in her blood, his caresses enflaming her most secret desires. And soon she yearned only to fuel the fire that raged deep inside her with the sensuous heat of his searing embrace! HE WAS BENT ON SEDUCTION The moment he spied the silken-haired seductress whose eyes shimmered like the changing sea, Brent knew he had to taste those ripe lips, explore those luscious curves. There and then, the worldly cardsharp vowed she would be his... in all but name. He would follow her to the ends of the earth if he had to. For he--and he alone--knew the heavenly delights he would find in her arms!