Maid Lara Hunter knew a one-night stand with a stranger was uncharacteristic of her. Her mysterious lover seemed like an ancient prince, sensual and primitive, come to take her away from her humdrum life. Away from the memories of her employer's humiliation and toward the kind of desire she'd only read about....But Eli Ashton was no prince—he was her hated employer's estranged son! Lara had had enough of the Ashtons and their arrogant ways. But when Eli claimed her, her body obeyed his command. Yet her independent streak forbade her to give him her heart: she would come to Eli Ashton on her own terms—or not at all!