Tempting

Her trust and love shattered by public humiliation and private indifference from a man who cared nothing for her happiness -- or her pleasure -- Princess Christina was a woman trapped in a lonely and loveless marriage. If she was not precisely resigned to her fate, she was not tempted to change it...until she met an American marquis and temptation took on a new, solidly male form.

The world of causal amours was Max Falconer''s forte, not Christian''s -- and Max knew it. But he couldn''t resist the look in her eyes -- shy, yet determined -- when she offered herself to him...much less the promise of sensual abandon with a woman who deserved every pleasure she had too long been denied .

Susan Johnson lives in the country near North Branch, Minnesota: A former art historian, Johnson considers the life of a writer the best of all possible worlds. Researching her novels takes her to past and distant places, and bringing characters to life allows her imagination full rein.