**** From New York Times Bestselling Author Ruth Ryan Langan ... A Historical Romance Classic. ****
"... delivers it all with page-turning romance!" -- Nora Roberts, New York Times bestselling author
Shane Driscoll, Lord Ashton, loves his free-wheeling lifestyle. Now his cousin and dear friend, King Charles, has decided that Shane must take a wife and settle down.
Claire Leyton, homeless and desperate, survives by her wits and her skill with a knife on the docks of England. When she picks the wrong sheep to fleece, Shane concocts a plan to use this clever actress in a bizarre plot to foil the king's plans. When the scheme goes awry, their lives and hearts hang in the balance.
"A popular writer of heartwarming, emotionally involving romances." -- Library Journal
