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Will a deadly secret from the past threaten the near-perfect life of an Earl's mistress?

Adrienne Godet believed she'd acquired a safe haven as the reclusive mistress of the Earl of Framlingwood. But an attack by a knife-wielding assassin in daylight hours on a Mayfair Street taught her safety is an illusion. She fears a deadly secret from the mists of her childhood has finally caught up with her.

Will the man she once loved abandon power and fortune to claim her as his own?

Obadiah Lassen hadn't been ready for Adrienne to walk out of his life. However, neither was he willing to give up his world of travel, fortune, and high adventure as the right-hand man and bodyguard of Captain Eleanor Goodrum Whitcombe, Duchess of Chelmsford. For many years he's helped the smuggler proprietress of London's infamous Goodrum's House of Pleasure rule a vast, ranging empire.

Will Adrienne face up to her dangerous past and move out of the shadows with the help of her old friend and lover? Will Obadiah finally realize he belongs at the side of the woman who's owned his heart ever since their long-ago connection on the island of Martinique?

Grab your copy today so you don't miss this debut story in a thrilling new series - 5 Pearls for the Earl