Thomas Ashe, the brooding Viscount Blackfield, is a man any
lady would shun. But Patience Harrington, try as she might,
has never been a proper lady. Her bumbled London season
left her with no marital prospects and no recourse but to
accept her father's invitation to travel to gloomy
Blackfield Castle. Surely, spending a few nights in the
presence of priceless antiques and a devilish viscount
can't be as bad as facing the ton gossip.
Focused solely on his secret government project, Thomas
cares little for the valuable antiques he's recently
inherited. The troublesome young woman who has come to
assess them, however, stirs his senses in every way.
Patience is a distraction Thomas can ill afford -- a
beautiful temptation that makes him ache with desire. For a
spy is threatening to destroy all he has built, and
Patience is hiding something. With so much at stake, Thomas
must do whatever it takes to seduce the truth from
Patience's lips before lives -- and his own heart -- are
lost.