Book excerpt: She gave him her innocence. Can he win her back by Christmas? Certain that she will never love again, Timoney George has agreed to a convenient marriage. If she can't recapture the hot, all-consuming chemistry she discovered with Crete Asgar, she might as well have cold security... Crete has tried to forget Timoney, but the idea of another man possessing her is intolerable. With just twelve hours until she walks down the aisle, Crete steals her back. And now he has only the night before Christmas to prove to her - and himself - that he won't break her heart all over again...