<p>Dear Reader: </p> <p><i>Night Fire</i>, the first of the <i>Night</i> Trilogy, was first published in early 1989. I haven't rewritten it, just cleaned it up a bit and Avon books has given it a wonderful new cover.</p> <p>Arielle Leslie is a sixteen-year-old girl forced to wed Paisley Cochrane, a sadistic old man who abuses her. When he dies, she believes herself free. But she's not.</p> <p>Burke Drummond, Earl of Ravensworth -- a young man she'd worshipped three years before -- is home from the wars, and he wants her. When he catches her, he's in for an appalling surprise.</p> <p>I hope Burke and Arielle are two people who will touch you as deeply as they touched me. They face problems and obstacles never spoken of in Regency times. </p> <p>If you haven't yet read <i>Night Fire</i>, do give it a try.</p> <p> -- Catherine Coulter</p>