Proud, high-spirited Calista Shelby is determined to keep Meadowmarsh, her family's sprawling island plantation. Her mother's will made it clear: in order to do so, she must marry before her twenty-first birthday. Her quest for a husband soon sweeps Calista into Charleston's glittering social whirl-and into the of three seductive men...
But it is Ryan Burke who awakens Calista's heart-Ryan to whom she will be bound in reluctant wedlock. Yet even as they vow that their marriage will be in name only...even as Calista returns, triumphant and alone, to Meadowmarsh...their passion is fated to prevail. Together they will discover a love that is all they desire-and all they will ever need.
But it is Ryan Burke who awakens Calista's heart-Ryan to whom she will be bound in reluctant wedlock. Yet even as they vow that their marriage will be in name only...even as Calista returns, triumphant and alone, to Meadowmarsh...their passion is fated to prevail. Together they will discover a love that is all they desire-and all they will ever need.
Proud, high spirited Calista Shelby is deteremined to keep Meadowmarsh, her family's sprawling island plantation. Her mothers will has made it clear, in order to do so, she must marry before her twenty first birthday. Her quest for a husband soon sweeps Calista into Charlestons glittering social whirl and into the arms of three seductive men. But it is Ryan Burke who awakens Calistas heart, Ryan to whom she will be bound in reluctant wedlock. Yet even as they vow that their marriage will be in name only, even as Calista returns, triumphant and alone, to Meadowmarsh, their passion is fated to prevail. Together, they will discover a love that is all they desire and all they will ever need.
