To inherit the Virginia tobacco plantation where he worked as overseer, Diarmid Maclean had to take a wife immediately.  In desperation, he bought a British bond slave as his bride--a fiery Gypsy pickpocket he'd tame into a lady, then free once his inheritance was assured.  Passionate and beautiful, Lucy Graves stole Diarmid's heart and made him forget his vow to keep the marriage chaste--and temporary.  But the last time he dared to love an Englishwoman, Diarmid's entire clan paid a terrible price.  Now the banished Highland warrior must slay the ghosts of his past...before his beloved thief is taken from him forever.