Former French courtesan Claudia Valemont cant believe her life has come to this standing in front of a Scottish judge, sentenced to death for stealing a horse. She fled France to find her father and escape the hangmans noose. Now here she is, facing the same fatealone, desperate and penniless.Hold! I will speak for her.Burly Scottish hangman Jack Campbell takes pride in his work serving justice and giving the condemned a quick end to their sorry lives. Why he spoke for that pale, hollow-eyed Frenchwoman hell never know. But now hes stuck with herassigned to be her keeper for six months indenture.Bound together by the rules of her sentence, Jack and Claudia learn to appreciate their differences. But as their wary affection turns to tender desire, secrets from the past appear and threaten to destroy their future?Previously published.
