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Miss Amity Doncaster,
world traveler, is accustomed to adventure and risk. Benedict
Stanbridge, a man of science and a spy for the Crown, has faced danger
in the darker corners of foreign lands.
But they are about to face a threat that is shockingly close to home . . .
One
does not expect to be kidnapped on a London street in broad daylight.
But Amity Doncaster barely escapes with her life after she is trapped in
a carriage with a blade-wielding man in a black silk mask who whispers
the most vile taunts and threats into her ear. Her quick thinking, and
her secret weapon, save her . . . for now.
But the monster known
in the press as the Bridegroom, who has left a trail of female victims
in his wake, has survived the wounds she inflicts and will soon be on
his feet again. He is unwholesomely obsessed by her scandalous
connection to Benedict Stanbridge—gossip about their hours alone in a
ship’s stateroom seems to have crossed the Atlantic faster than any
sailing vessel could. Benedict refuses to let this resourceful, daring
woman suffer for her romantic link to him—as tenuous as it may be.
For
a man and woman so skilled at disappearing, so at home in the exotic
reaches of the globe, escape is always an option. But each intends to
end the Bridegroom’s reign of terror in London, and will join forces to
do so. And as they prepare to confront an unbalanced criminal in the
heart of the city they love, they must also face feelings that neither
of them can run away from.