About the book: year / Colin Thorne surrounded his heart with a stone wall, not wanting a moment of weakness to interfere with his plans for revenge, the hope of which he lived for many years. But the unyielding heart of the stern and ruthless avenger was ignited with the fire of burning passion from the first glance at the beautiful and poor aristocrat Mercedes Leiden. A man who has dedicated himself to fulfilling a terrible duty, a woman who has vowed never to love, what will their meeting turn out to be??..