Lord Stefan de Montfort is a true rebel--with the scars to prove it. Deemed a mercenary and exiled from England, he now lives by his own rules. When he plucks Englishwoman Anne Melford from the sea and takes her to his chateau in Normandy, the innocent yet spirited beauty awakens in Stefan a disturbing, forbidden desire. A lady such as Anne could never marry a scoundrel like him--but this dark and dangerous lord is determined to break one last rule and claim her as his bride!