She betrayed him once. Now she will risk everything to save him.

Basil Fairfax, Viscount Whitley, does not forgive easily. Least of all the woman who shattered his trust and vanished without a word. Élise Marchand was everything he never expected-brilliant, beguiling, and impossible to forget. He had intended to make her his wife...until he learned the truth. She was a spy and he had been nothing more than an assignment.

Élise loved him despite knowing she shouldn't. Now she has returned to England under far more dangerous circumstances. A conspiracy is unfolding-one that places Basil directly in the path of ruin. Élise no longer answers to France, nor to any master but her own conscience. The enemies she fled still hunt her, and by protecting Basil, she risks exposing them both, but she will not stand aside while the man she loves is destroyed.

Basil wants nothing from her-least of all her protection. He cannot trust her, cannot forget the lies whispered without thought. Still the love he once felt refuses to die and every stolen glance, every heated exchange threatens to undo the walls he built around his heart.

In a world of secrets, deception, and deadly consequences, they must decide whether love can survive betrayal-or whether trusting each other again will cost them everything.

A sweeping Regency romance of spies, second chances, and a love worth fighting for.