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PURELY PASSION As an innocent girl, Madeline Sedgewick learned that nothing comes without a priceāeven desire. Five years later, now widowed and deeply in debt, sheās certain that the stranger who bought her last husbandās notes of credit will demand swift, steep repayment. But she never imagines her creditor will be Brock Taylor, her baseborn former stable-hand turned newly wealthy entrepreneurāthe man who stole her virginity and her heart. Sheās even more stunned when he says that heāll forgive her debts only if she becomes his wife. Brockās memories of their parting are no less bitter than Maddieās, and his plans for their future are hardly a rekindling of their blissful first love. But seeing Maddie againājust as spirited, strong, and beautiful as everāreawakens a desire he thought long dead. When she refuses his proposal, they strike a dangerous wager, with Brockās self-made fortune and Maddieās treasured independence at stake. Itās a wager only one of them can wināas long as they resist the otherās passionate seduction . . . and falling in love again.