"My horse and my secret against your land." Princess Adrienne de Marigny had issued edicts before, but this one was different…and dangerous. Long before arrogant rancher Hugh Jordan had infiltrated her kingdom—and her fantasies—Adrienne had vowed to be a successful breeder of horses, using her prize stallion Carazzan. But Hugh desired to own Carazzan—and to bend the princess to his will. And the man had some bargaining power: her deeply held secret…and her soul-deep passion for him. Yet neither could foresee what events the princess's proposal would unleash…