Mistakenly holding up the coach of the man who broke her heart is bad enough, but having to endure his sinfully alluring company all the way to Scotland is Daisy Hamiltons worst nightmare . . . and her most secret desire.
A midnight mishap.
Daisy Hamiltons new mission for King & Co., London's premier private investigation firm, is simple: stop heiress Violetta Brand from eloping. But her case is derailed when she mistakenly holds up the carriage of Lucien Vaughan, Duke of Cranfordcynical war hero, infamous libertine, and the very man who broke her heart five years ago.
A reluctant road trip.
Luciens determined to see his lovestruck nephew married to Miss Brand, but the unexpected appearance of Daisy the one woman hes never been able to forgetcould ruin his plans. As they follow the runaway couple together, Lucien decides that delaying the headstrong Daisy by any means possibleincluding seductionwill be his absolute pleasure . . . and hers.
A dangerous desire.
After Daisys reputation is threatened, Lucien makes a scandalous claim, but when an unexpected enemy threatens her life, he realizes shes the only woman for him. Their past encounters have made Daisy almost as jaded about love as Lucien himself, and its going to take action, not words, to convince this knife-wielding hellion to risk her heart on him again...
KATE BATEMAN (also writing as K. C. Bateman) is a bestselling author of historical romances, including her RITA?-nominated Renaissance romp,
The Devil to Pay, the Ruthless Rivals series
A Reckless Match,
A Daring Pursuit, and
A Wicked Game, the Bow Street Bachelors series
This Earl of Mine,
To Catch an Earl, and
The Princess and the Rogue,along with the novels in the Secrets & Spies series
To Steal a Heart,
A Ravens Heart, and
A Counterfeit Heart. When not writing novels that feature feisty, intelligent heroinelsÁ