Troubled thoughts haunted Verity Ames when she considered the uncontrollable passion that bonded her to Jonas Quarrel. The world saw him as a Renaissance scholar. Few people knew about the first adventure that had linked their fates, revealing to her the steely strength of his armsa ]and the mysterious power behind his amber eyes. Now they were hired to find a lost medieval treasure. In a world of hidden passageways and glittering crystals, Jonasa (TM) fiery touch still made her shiver with desire, but here a terrible truth could turn their love to ashes a " or stoke its flames into an even hotter fire.