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Rigo de Las Casas, a brutal mercenary, is rescued from certain death on a French battlefield by Benjamin Torres and learns that he is an heir to the vast Torres estates on Española. Miriam Toulon, a gifted physician, nurses Rigo back to health and is drawn to the dark stranger he has become in love with, leading him on a dangerous journey to reclaim his family’s inheritance and protect his father’s betrayal of his brother and Taino tribe from a cunning enemy known as ‘The Fox’. This story is part of the House of Torres Saga, and the second in the Paradise and More series.
First publish date: 1992
Genre: Romance/Historical Romance
Authors: Shirl Henke
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