Publisher's Synopsis
All Rhianna Drake has ever wanted is a handsome husband who will cherish her, so when charming Lawson Maddox asks her to become his wife she jumps at the chance. But marriage to Lawson is not all it should be with him seeking the company of gamblers, cockfighters and loose women. Sensitive painter John Mallory Gibson offers Rhianna the prospect of real happiness. But Lawson will not let go that easily and he embarks on an unscrupulous quest for revenge...