Driven by duty, he rushes to help her.
Elizabeth von Rittenburg—Liesel, as she is known—is a princess with a plan. She’ll save her sisters and young brother from the French who would abduct and ransom them to get her renegade older brother, Crown Prince Rainer to turn himself in to the French.
Liesel has always made her own rules, disrupting London society and refusing to marry her betrothed, a dyspeptic British prince. She ignores those who would dampen her exuberant nature. Now to save her family, she will do anything, even barge into a stranger’s bathing room and upbraid him for his failures, while the poor fellow stands before her naked.
Torn by desire, he must save her, then leave her…if he can bear to let her go.
Dirk, Lord Fournier is heaven to look at. A charming devil to be near.
But he agrees to help her. After all, rescuing dispossessed European royalty from the clutches of the French is his specialty.
He’s failed at so much else, but he’ll do her bidding. He’ll save her family. He’ll even save her reputation, damn his righteous soul…but must never touch her.
Her fire is enchanting. Her kisses, an ineluctable lure. Still, a crown princess is not for him. He’s a mere baron, English at that, and a spy in Scarlett Hawthorne’s network.
He’s unworthy of Liesel, his reputation tarnished by a lie he ruined a woman, denied her claim and left her alone to bear the shame.
