The price of his ring:Passion...but at what cost?To defy the father who refused to acknowledge him and gain his rightful inheritance, Achilles Templeton must wed and have a son. For a famous playboy like himself, such conditions seem impossible. Until he meets the perfect bride right next door...Innocent Willow Hall has exhausted her spirit-and bank account-caring for a father who never truly loved her. Achilles's proposition is an outlandish lifeline! But it's not the terms of their convenient marriage that scare her...it's the all-consuming fire Achilles unleashes within her...