Falsely branded a liar and traitor, Alexander Hayes left
the battlefield and became an English spy to try to redeem
his name and honor. After five years, Alexander is no
closer to succeeding in clearing his name. Now his
superiors have order him home to find a missing soldier.
Since his mother and sister believe he died on the
battlefield, Alexander is unsure of his welcome.
When the money from her absent father runs out, desperation
drives Cressida Turner to accept help from a suspected
traitor. Her father has a history of disappearing, but he
always returns flush with money. Cressida adores her father
and never questions his erratic behavior. However, that
changes when Alex begins looking into her father's life. A
picture forms of her father that appalls Cressida.
As Cressida struggles with her new perception of her
father, Alex contends with the anger of family and friends.
He is tired of the isolation and wants respect and trust.
The odds are against him as he navigates through the
hostility. With his growing awareness of and feelings for
Cressida, Alex increases his search for the truth.
Ms. Linden has written an insightful tale of a man trying
to regain his reputation and a woman's disillusionment with
the father she idolized. With great skill, she shows the
emotional turmoil they endure and their amazing tenacity as
the tackle the mystery.
He'd never been shot by a woman . . .
He was once a distinguished army officer, a man of honor and
heroism. But that was before Alexander Hayes was wrongly
accused of treason. Forced to abandon everything he held
dear, Alec became a spy for England in an attempt to clear
his name. His latest commission sounds simple: locate a
retired soldier gone missing. But it also sends him back
home, to a family who'd thought him dead for five years—and
a woman who'd like to shoot him.
Everything Cressida Turner's ever heard about Alec tells her
that he's a traitor of the worst kind, and yet this
enigmatic, infuriating, and utterly captivating man may be
the only person she can trust—and the only one who can find
her missing father.
With nowhere else to turn, she reluctantly joins forces with
Alec, unprepared for both the dangerous secrets that
threaten them and the relentless passion that drives them
into each other's arms.
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