Kacy Angelle would never forget the stranger's eyes. The color of a tempestuous green sea, his eyes held more emotions than Kacy could fathom. Of course, she didn't actually meet him. She just watched as he argued with the loan officer at one of Houston's savings and loans. But weeks later, after she'd forgotten the incident, it all came rushing back when she ran into the dark-haired stranger again. Dan Wilder couldn't believe his rotten luck. He was on the verge of righting a treacherous wrong when this doe-eyed woman came along and caught him in the act. Worst of all she could identify him. He had no choice but to take her hostage. Shoved into the stranger's car, Kacy saw her life slip away as Houston faded behind her. She fought him at every turn, but it was no use. Kacy was being abducted over the state line to a secluded cabin in a Louisiana swamp. Surrounded by quicksand and mud, alligators and snakes, she would be crazy to stage an escape. He would never let her slip away. The stormy look in his eyes told her that Dan Wilder was a desperate man. And she was his captive.