Lilac Seduction/Magnolia Road

the long version

There was perhaps no place in history more filled with romance and beauty than the old South in the days before the Civil War. Now, journey down Magnolia Road and visit the most majestic plantations of that gracious era... Shannon Hill - The gem of Maryland's Talbot County, Shannon Hill sat proudly on the banks of the Chesapeake Bay. Blessed with fertile tobacco fields and lush emerald lawns, it was a treasure worth fighting for... Philippa - Shannon Hill was Philippa's destiny. She cherished every acre, and she was not about to let Gareth Kendrick take her away -- even if it was only to the neighboring Neville Point. she didn't care what their fathers had arranged -- she was not going to surrender control of her life to a man she didn't love. Besides, Gareth's masterful caresses made her tremble with a delicious weakness that frightened her more than she could say. If she married him, he would never be content until he'd conquered her -- body and soul!