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How could Maya Warwick not fall in love with Lucien Desmarais? He was the man of her dreams: Handsome, aristocratic, suave, artistic, and debonair. With promises of moving to his farm in Provence, they get married and embark on a true fairytale. It doesn't take long before she realizes that Lucien lives by his own rules, and conventional mores don't apply to him. With alternating periods of bliss and total chaos, her best friend makes Maya see that Lucien has an entirely different agenda. As their marriage becomes a war of attrition, Maya desperately tries to stay one step ahead of her devious husband whose goal it is to liberate her of her assets. In a last-ditch effort to prevent this from happening, they move to a Central American paradise called Malpaís to start over. Lucien assures her their turbulent marriage is a thing of the past and for a while, it's perfect. . . until Lucien gets involved with unsavory characters who endanger their lives. If Maya is to survive she has to outsmart him, regardless of the consequences.