He came to conquer. Beautiful young widow Sarah Wyndham soon found out how vulnerable she was after the sudden demise of her much older husband. The handsome, domineering Viscount Jethro Newsome easily stripped her of her estate, using the law to his advantage. He did the worst to strip her of her good name, turning whispered rumors into a scandalous smear. But there was something else even more important that he set out to strip from her with every weapon at his considerable command: Her last defenses against his ultimate desire...