In order to discover who wants to harm Daphne, she and Hugh must share their deepest secrets and face vengeful enemies, especially once Hugh acknowledges his happiness lies in England with the woman who's stolen his heart. Determined to vanquish the menace and get back to his ship, he is thwarted at every turn, first when he is himself attacked, then when his meddling aunt presses Hugh and Daphne into the Season-and a few other distractions in between. He is surprised to discover the septuagenarian earl married a teenager a decade ago and stunned to realize he's never been more attracted to a woman than he is to the bookish Daphne, who is a fiercely intelligent, unassuming beauty. For two decades his family has believed him to be dead, but when a loyal friend sends word that someone is threatening his uncle's widow, Hugh comes home to protect the countess and her twin sons. Captured at sea by a brutal pirate, Hugh has fought his way out of slavery and established himself as the most successful privateer on the high seas. SeptemWhen a British aristocrat-turned-privateer returns to his family's estate to protect the recently deceased earl's young wife, there is plenty of danger and lots of secrets to go around, but the true threat may be to his heart and his plans for the future.Lord Hugh Ramsay never expected to return to England. It has all of the meticulous attention to detail I love in Georgette Heyer, BUT WITH SEX!'-Jeffe Kennedy, RITA Award-winning author 'Smart, witty, graceful, sensual, elegant and gritty all at once. 'Readers will love this lusty and unusual marriage of convenience story.'-Madeline Hunter, New York Times bestselling author Dangerous is a delight from start to finish with swashbuckling action, scorching love scenes, and a coolly arrogant hero to die for.'-Elizabeth Hoyt, New York Times bestselling author

'Minerva Spencer's writing is sophisticated and wickedly witty. and uncovering the secrets in her cool blue eyes.

His only challenge? Unearthing the enemy who threatens her life. But the prim, almost severe, way she looks at him suggests this might be the one woman who can make him forget all the others. Because he is also the man Daphne has secretly cheated of title, lands, and fortune.ĭaphne's distant, untouchable beauty and eminently touchable body are hard enough to resist. And her instant attraction to the notorious privateer is not only wildly inappropriate for a proper widow but potentially disastrous.

So the appearance of the sun-bronzed giant with the piratical black eye patch is deeply disturbing to Lady Daphne Davenport. ' Spencer shines in her sophomore effort, burnishing her reputation as an author to watch.'- Kirkus Reviews A thrilling Regency romance from the author of Dangerous.

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