Book excerpt: Desperate to escape an arranged marriage, young Juliet Darcy finds herself aboard a ship full of mail-order brides bound for California and promised to a man she's never met. Darkly handsome Rodrigo Delgado has no intentions of claiming a husband's rights--until he looks into Juliet's eyes, and sees a woman he must make his own at any cost. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.