The Unlikely Rivals

the long version

THEY WERE A PERFECT MATCH-- FOR A FIGHT TO THE FINISH Saskia Van Hooten was a lovely young lady with the weight of her entire family's future on her slender young shoulders--and a stubborn spirit that refused to bow to adversity. Derek Rowbridge was a splendid gentleman home from the wars, down on his luck, and ready to stake his winning ways, ready wit, and unshakeable nerve in a bold bid for wealth. These two distant cousins met when their aged aunt informed them that just one of them would inherit her fabulous fortune. From that moment on, no holds were barred between them--in a battle of the sexes in which Cupid's arrows could prove deadly....