Miss Jess Whitby frantically seeks the identity of Cinq, a
murder and traitor. The English government has imprisoned
Jess' father accusing him of being the spy. Josiah Whitby
has never been a friend to the English. He's a successful
smuggler and runs a profitable trading and shipping
enterprise, routinely out-foxing English law. Friends of
the Whitbys have faded into the woodwork afraid of being
drawn into the fray. It's left to Jess to prove her
father's innocence. Luckily, Jess has had many identities
in her short life and has numerous unsavory acquaintances
she can call upon. Not yet wanting to bargain with them,
Jess devises a plan to expose the man she believes is the
Cinq, Captain Sebastian Kennett.
Singing off-key and strolling down the lane after a merry
celebration with his mates, Captain Sebastian Kennett is
amused when a beautiful young woman throws herself in his
arms playing damsel in distress while she picks his
pockets. As the bastard son of an earl, Sebastian spent his
childhood among criminals learning their way. He was
rescued from that life by the earl's sister, a reformer,
who found him along the muddy banks of the Thames surviving
as a thief. She raised and educated Sebastian, but he never
forgot what he did to live on those cold London streets.
When the ruse goes wrong with his pickpocket, Sebastian
returns her to his ship to recover.
Sebastian recoils when he learns she's Josiah's daughter.
Sebastian had gathered evidence against her father, who he
blamed for sabotaging one of his ships. As they play cat-
and-mouse, neither can ignore the sparks that fly between
them. Jess plays a dangerous game in order to save her
father and not lose her heart to the man who will see him
hang.
In her second book, Ms. Bourne proves to be an excellent
storyteller. Her portrayal of the characters' angst and
conflicting emotions as they face danger and betrayals from
old friends and unidentified spies will leave readers
mesmerized in this page-turning romance. Nothing is as it
seems, especially Jess. She's one of the most complex and
interesting heroine I've seen in a long time.
After her father is wrongly accused of selling secrets to
Napoleon, lovely Jess Whitby infiltrates the London
underworld for the
real traitor—only to end up naked in the bed of a rude
merchant
captain. Not only is she falling in love with him, but he
may be the
scoundrel she's looking for.
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