Passion for the game / Sylvia Day.

Includes excerpts from "Ask for it", "A passion for him", and "Don't tempt me".

Maria, Lady Winter, uses her wits, wiles and sexuality against her scheming stepfather when she's a pawn in his games. His latest scheme involves her seducing Christopher St. John, a pirate and scapegrace. She must expose him as a traitor or prove his innocence. Released from prison under the proviso that he uncover the sultry, wintery widow's secrets, Christopher becomes more fascinated with Maria than is safe. As they play out their cat-and-mouse game she wonders if he is the key to finding out where her stepfather has hidden her sister. Kindred souls and unlikely lovers, Maria and Christopher move from ballroom to bedroom, brothels to the seaside, to a moment when they must choose between responsibility and passion.