Publisher's Synopsis
People tormented her. People feared the sight of him. Jo was raised by her mother in the local brothel. A lonely life for a girl who was protected from the customers and bullied by everyone else. Being forced into her mother's business, Jo chooses to run away instead. The owner won't let her go easily, now she finds herself hunted. She must get far away or find a safe place to hide. People would cross themselves at the mere sight of him. He lived a lonely life with only his family and a few outcasts as friends. When a raven-haired beauty stows away in his wagon, he finds himself battling for her freedom. Getting her as far away as quickly as possible was his plan from the beginning but giving her up would be harder than he ever imagined.
