"I'm going to stick close to you closer than a lover, but I'm not going to touch you "
He called himself Duke and, like a prince on a charger, he'd rescued Stephanie from a nightmare kidnap situation. Stephanie felt it would be foolish to trust him when, it seemed, his tender passion could change without warning to uncompromising ruthlessness.
In effect, she was still a hostage to Duke's smoldering sexuality - to her own desire. And she couldn't help wondering what the price of her freedom would be!