Acts of charity quickly lead to a flirtation with the deadliest of sins in DARLING ANNIE, from national bestselling romance author Raine Cantrell.
Kellian York has big plans for the brothel heโs inherited in Loving, Texas. Too bad that just days after his arrival the Legion for Decency has burned it to the ground, citing their mission to rid the town of drinking, gambling, and โloose women.โ Set on vengeance, Kellian targets the spinster leader, Annie Muldoon, never expecting that the beautiful young woman would let Kellian and his girls move into her boarding house.
Believing she has a responsibility to protect and redeem the women formerly in Kellianโs employ, Annie soon realizes sheโs made a terrible mistake inviting them, and especially Kellian, into her home. Unsure whether heโs trying to torture her or seduce her, Kellianโs striking presence is beginning to rouse the passionate nature sheโs tried to hide. Annie decides to take her fate, and Kellianโs, into her own hands, and learns a few tricks of the trade from her boarders, before turning the tables on Kellian. Will the saint redeem the sinner? Or the sinner seduce the saint?