She must make a deal with the devil himself! Portia Tofton has always yearned for brooding Mateo Cardea. His dark good-looks filled her girlish dreams – dreams that were cruelly shattered when Mateo rejected her hand in marriage. Now Portia’s home has been gambled away, and Mateo is the only man she can turn to. This time, however, she has in her possession something he wants – and she finds herself striking a deal with the devil himself!
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Portia Tofton has always yearned for brooding Mateo Cardea. His dark good-looks filled her girlish dreams -- dreams that were cruelly shattered when Mateo rejected her hand in marriage. Now Portia's home has been gambled away, and Mateo is the only man she can turn to. This time, however, she has in her possession something he wants -- and she finds herself striking a deal with the devil himself! This book is a beautiful love story between two very strong characters - Mateo and Portia. The love story itself moves along at the proper rate so that it does seem believeable. Both of their fathers have died leaving them each with major personal dilemmas. Mateo's father has left the family's shipping company to Portia. Why - no one knows. Portia's father was supposed to have left her home, Stenbrooke, in her care instead of the usual way that a husband receives all the wife's possesions upon marriage, but somehow he hadn't done that. Her husband didn't care about the place at all so he gambled and lost it to a stranger who was threatening to take it from her immediately. The husband has died in a scandal-filled way, too. Mateo and Portia have a past. Their fathers were best friends after a very unusual meeting. It seems that the fathers both had been having an affair with a renowned courtesan when she learned she was pregnant. She had no idea which man was the father. The two men - finding out about the other - started fighting and both were arrested and taken to jail. In jail they became friends but upon release neither could find any trace of the courtesan. They continue to look for her while both married and had children. Portia was always tagging along with her brothers and Mateo. The brothers always treated her as a child and a burden while Mateo was always her friend. When they were old enough, the fathers decided to force them to marry each other. Portia had always had a crush on Mateo and would have gone through with it, but Mateo would have nothing to do with it. He always had a mind of his own, fighting his father at every turn. He refused which deeply hurt Portia. Now the two must join forces to salvage the things that mean the most to them. The journey they take brings them closer and closer to the truth -- about their lives and their futures. I loved both of these characters. Mateo is a man with character and strength and a wandering nature but a caring heart. Portia has learned to fight for what she wants so she appears to be a pillar of strength but she's not. Inside she questions everything. Why is she always being rejected - she asks herself. And then there's Mateo - the man that rejected her first and hurt her the most. Can she trust him to help her? Will he hurt her again? It's quite a journey they take and the ending comes as quite a surprise for the characters in the book as well as the reader.
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