she bartered her love.
Lovely Miriam Hatch felt the full blast of George Steverin's words.
He was a huge, vital man and the glow in his eyes was almost maniacal.
She desperately feared the desire she had aroused in him, but she learned that men-even lonely, licentious men-could be an important means to power in brawling Australia at a time when the favor of a beautiful woman was a rarer and richer prize than gold!
"You're going to know you've had a man," he said.