He’s nobody’s hero, yet he may be the man to help an imperiled lady save herself….
Rhys Seaton has been many things—bastard, street thug, criminal, spy, and now a wealthy business man, but his death bed promise to his mentor sends him on one last job with only a vague direction: Stop Lord Lavensham. On a moonlit night he breaks into Lavensham’s study searching for clues only to interrupt the duke’s lovely daughter-in-law on a similar quest. The fragile beauty wakes his curiosity and his protective instincts.
Lady Violet Sommerset is in desperate straits. Married to the cruel heir of the Duke of Lavensham, she’s endured isolation and abuse, but now with child, she needs to find leverage to blackmail the duke as he is the only man who can control his violent, drunkard son. In the duke’s dark study, she finds an unlikely ally in Rhys Seaton.
As they work to uncover the duke’s dirty deeds, they discover a friendship that crosses social strata and grows into a love that just might become the safe haven each of their hearts long for.
