Julian Chase went through thick and thin. He feared neither God, nor the devil, nor the law and put his independence above all else. So why did a chance meeting with the proud and determined Anna Travern change his whole life? Does he long to take revenge on the culprit of all his misfortunes? Or, on the contrary, does he want to possess Anna and - through kindness, cunning or force - force her to become his wife? An insulted man is mortally dangerous. But a man burning with passion is much more dangerous!