A frivolous rake, a seasoned seducer, a man who swore he would never appear before the altar—that was Wayne Kinster. However, fate overtook him not in London, full of high-society beauties, but in a cozy rural estate. Fate appeared in the person of young Patience Debbington, a girl who stubbornly resisted the most irresistible charms of seduction. And the further, the more likely Vane’s hunting passion turned into a genuine, burning passion. A passion that became the meaning of life for him. A passion for which he could even break his oath...