He was the standard against which all others were measured -- the strongest, the smartest, the sexiest and the most noble kind: Noel Duprey, whose birthright forbad him even to look Victoria St. Clare's way, for his destiny would never allow him to take her as his bride.

Furthermore, Noel believed she was a traitor, out to destroy his legacy -- out to destroy him. But all she was really after was his heart . . .

Within a few lost souls, the Heart of the Wolf beats fierce and wild. Feel them, fear them, tame them . . .