To capture love, sometimes you have to grab it by the horns-

If a woman could die of humiliation, Cecily Hale would have perished three hours ago. Luke Trenton had finally returned to Swinford Manor, only to cruelly spurn her long-held love. But she couldn-t conveniently die of shame on the spot-oh, no. Instead she joined her friends on this ridiculous search for a legendary man-beast. Now she-ll die here-alone in the woods, at the tusks of a snarling boar.

Luke left for war a dashing youth and returned a man-just not the same man Cecily fell in love with. His passion for her is stronger than ever, but the ravages of battle changed him in ways she wouldn-t understand. Pushing her away was supposed to save her, not throw her into the path of another inhuman creature-or into the arms of another man.

For it is a man who rescues Cecily, just as the boar attacks. A mysterious, silent man who disappears into the woods, leaving her with just a glimpse-of a fleeing white deer. Could her rescuer be the man-beast of local lore?

A dangerous myth has captured Cecily-s imagination, putting Luke on the horns of a dilemma. Unless he summons the passion and tenderness to win her back, he could lose her forever-to the Werestag.

Warning: This is a humorous, passionate historical romance, not a paranormal shifter story. However, it does feature a harrowing encounter with a wild beast, a tortured hero who feels half-human, and the unleashing of animal urges. In other words: explicit sex, mild language.