Andrew Maitland’s extraordinary group of daring British lords work clandestinely for England during the Napoleonic Wars. Hardened and deadly, they have no use for love—until it ensnares them…
No woman has ever refused him...until now. When a charming, rootless rake is forced to help an embittered widow who tolerates no man’s touch, their devil’s bargain sparks a fire neither wants. Can she protect herself from that wild, reckless fire in his eyes? Can he care for anyone but himself?
To all of London, Sebastian Traherne is a pretentious fop who prizes his tailor over his dukedom. In truth, he’s an obsessively rational fellow protecting a secret marriage. When a prickly Welsh miss arrives at his crumbling castle one gloomy night, she upends his world—and every principle he holds dear. Worse, she believes in a silly fairy tale known as True Love.