After years of heroism in the fight against the French, Ash Denison wants nothing more than to savor the good life. But an urgent request has sent him to a writerโs symposium. His charge: to unmask an author who has rattled several members of the ton by revealing their most intimate, most scandalous secrets. Not one to be left out, when Ash encounters a bold, beautifulโirresistibly aloofโwoman writer, he canโt help stirring up some gossip of his own. . . .
Much to Eve Dearingโs surprise, Ash is far from the well- mannered gentleman sheโs heard about. In fact, heโs shockingly brash and has taken an inexplicable interest in manhandling her at every turn. Yet something about his searing embrace makes her forgive his wicked behaviorโand succumb to his dangerous seduction. And when a fellow writer is brutally attacked and Eve becomes the killerโs next target, Ash surprises her once more by vowing not only to keep her safe . . . but to win her heart.