Sir Hugo Dunnicliffe has no intention of returning to Padstow, the home of the one woman he wants most to avoid. The feelings Miss Harriett Ponsonby stirs in him are less than welcome, but when he is left battling for his life, he has no option but to seek the help of the one woman who stirs his soul. The very last thing he wants or needs is to feel any attraction toward the delightfully intriguing Miss Harriett Ponsonby, especially when it appears that her father is the spy smuggler Hugo has been sent to arrest.
Torn between his desire for Harriett, and his duties as a member of the Star Elite, decisions don't come more difficult for Hugo when someone tries to take her life, and he finds himself becoming her bodyguard! Can he really send his future father-in-law to jail if he is guilty? Will his obligation to carry out his orders cost him the hand of the only woman who has ever come close to touching this battle-hardened warrior's heart?
Experience life in Regency England as you have never seen it before. Smuggling, double agents, French spies, mystery and intrigue in this exciting new historical romance series.