He was hired to keep a lady safe. Unfortunately, this lady is the most dangerous woman in England.
Former prizefighter turned bodyguard Matthew Collins lives by three rules: fight to the death, stay loyal, and keep his mouth shut.
Lady Florence Archer appears to live by none of them.
She talks too much. Takes orders from no one. And has the unnerving habit of walking directly toward danger while expecting Matthew to follow.
By day, Florence is a marquess’s respectable sister. By night, she’s Madam Tansley—spymaster, rescuer of fallen women, and one of the most wanted women in England.
Now she needs to get to Scotland. Quickly. Quietly. And with a bodyguard who knows better than to ask questions.
Matthew’s orders are simple: deliver the lady, keep her alive, and keep his hands to himself.
He manages one of the three.
Soon they’re sharing danger, secrets, and one very inconvenient bed. Their attraction is combustible, their arguments relentless, and every mile north makes it harder to remember that she’s an aristocrat, he’s the hired muscle, and whatever is happening between them has an expiration date.
But Florence is hiding something.
And somewhere between protecting the maddening woman and falling hopelessly in love with her, Matthew’s assignment changes.
He was hired to get her to Scotland.
No one said a damned thing about giving her back.
For readers who love a dangerous heroine, a working-class hero, forced proximity, only one bed, marriage of convenience, grumpy/sunshine, hidden identities, praise, and a thoroughly devoted touch-her-and-die bodyguard.