Independent and stubbornly unmarried, Abbie Vayle has
always been a little too smart for her own good. But she
may have gone too far when she starts her own rare-book
business—and accidentally acquires an antique book in
Paris with a mysterious code scribbled in the margins....
Someone wants the book back—and is willing to kill to get
it. The only trouble is, Abbie no longer has the book.
It's locked away in the customs house in Dover. Now it's a
race against time as Abbie stays one step ahead of her
pursuers. The last person she wants to confide in is her
best friend, Hugh Templar, whom she knows only as a
formidable scholar who shares her passion for Roman
antiquities.
But as Hugh keeps turning up where she least expects him,
a few things begin to dawn on her....Not only is Hugh
surprisingly—in fact incredibly—handsome without his
glasses on, but he's strangely "professional" in how he
handles her mysterious enemies.
Hugh is clearly not what he seems. And soon Abbie realizes
that neither is she...as she discovers what it means to
love with all her heart and soul.