My Pleasure [Paperback]

Connie Brockway draws readers into the breathtaking love story of a dashing Scotsman who is duty bound to protect the one woman who incites in him a wild passion. How exactly can he save her from himself?

By day, celebrated beauty Helena Nash works as a proper companion to one of London's most disagreeable ladies. By night she acts as an illicit messenger between two separated lovers. Masked and disguised, she falls into the path of a shadowy stalker. Fearing for her safety but unwilling to halt her nocturnal forays, Helena seeks out Ramsey Munro—one of three men who pledged years earlier to serve her family in times of need. Handsome and elusive, the notorious Scotsman is London's most accomplished swordsman and represents everything Helena wants but can't have—freedom, adventure, and passion. Now she demands that he teach her his formidable skills, a commission that may prove cool, collected Helena's undoing. For Ramsey has seen through her disguise...and soon vows to teach her both the way of the sword and the deliciously wicked pleasures of the flesh.Connie Brockway is theNew York TimesandUSA Todaybestselling author of numerous historical romance novels and series, includingBridal Favors, The Bridal Season, the McClairen's Isle trilogy, and the Rose Hunters trilogy. She also coauthored the acclaimed sagaOnce Upon a Pillow. A two-time RITA Award winner, she lives in Minneapolis.Chapter One

SALUTE:

a customary acknowledgement of one's opponent

Vauxhall Garden, London

June 1805

Somewhere in heaven, Maestro Angelo weeps.

Who said that? Young Lord Figgy Figburt, demonstrating a parry for his teenage companions, wheeled about. He peered down Vauxhall Garden's dimly lit Lovers Walk to see who'd invoked the name of the last century's greatest swordsmaster.

I did. A tall, graceful figure detached itself from the surroundinl##