Forced into a loveless marriage with the aging Lord Charles Cambourne, Catherine was grateful for the heirloom jewels he draped around her neck, and for his kindly, undemanding protection. Without it, she would have been at the mercy of the jibes and accusations of Charles' family - not to mention the disturbing gleam in his heir's ice gaze. But Charles was an old man who could not live forever...especially since someone at Castlefield intended to make sure his young bride would never escape the deadly Sapphire Legacy.