Mississippi mistress
SHE WOULDN'T GIVE IN Nobody was going to tell Cori Pierce what to do or when to do it. Outraged by her father's murder and the loss of her inheritance, she vowed to avenge the crime and earn her independence, even if it meant signing on as an entertainer on a Mississippi steamboat. But Cori hadn't reckoned on the swarthy giant in tight buckskins who turned out to be her boss. Jacob Wolf was, after all, the cousin of the man Cori vowed to see shot, stabbed, poisoned, and hanged! But though she swore not to forget her mission of revenge for a single moment, she was powerfully tempted to submit to Jake's fiery caresses and to spend one night of passion in his irresistible embrace! HE WOULDN'T GIVE UP Jacob Wolf figured he'd been born under a wandering star. Why else would he have spent his youth fighting Indians, racing horses, and captaining a steamboat instead of tending his grand plantation, Wolfhaven? Now, though, it was high time to find a wife and raise a family, and when he spied the fiery beauty who'd somehow gotten a job on his boat, he decided he'd met his match. She had the temperament of a tiger, but Jake loved a challenge, and he had all the time in the world! He'd ignite her ardor with urgent caresses, stroke her satiny flesh into wanton abandon, and crest the ultimate wave of passion with his wild and willful