Secret identities, missing heirlooms, and unexpected desire abound in the âexquisitely romantic, lusciously sensualâ (Booklist) second installment of New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Julia Londonâs romance trilogy following the Highlander Lockhart brothers on a quest to save their family estate.
Griffin Lockhart holds the key to his familyâs fate. Since his brother Liam failed to reclaim the priceless heirloom that could save their ancestral Scottish estate, itâs now up to Grif to find it among the lords and ladies of fashionable London society.
Disguised as a Scottish earl, Grif attends the most glittering balls, hunting for the woman who is rumored to possess his familyâs treasure. Along the way he catches the eye of Anna Addison, a highborn young woman whose sharp tongue and even sharper wits have limited her marital prospects but enable her to detect Grifâs deception. Determined to find a husband this Season, Anna draws Grif into a scandalous bargain: she will deliver his precious heirloomâand keep secret his true identityâif Grif can teach her how to seduce a man and win his heart. Well aware of what a man wants from a woman, Grif reluctantly instructs her. Soon Anna is besieged by suitors and Grifâs exasperation with the troublesome beauty turns into heated desire. With time running out, Grif commits a reckless act in order to claim not only his treasure, but the passionate woman he believes is his and his alone.
Secret identities, missing heirlooms, and unexpected desire abound in the âexquisitely romantic, lusciously sensualâ (Booklist) second installment of New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Julia Londonâs romance trilogy following the Highlander Lockhart brothers on a quest to save their family estate.
Griffin Lockhart holds the key to his familyâs fate. Since his brother Liam failed to reclaim the priceless heirloom that could save their ancestral Scottish estate, itâs now up to Grif to find it among the lords and ladies of fashionable London society.
Disguised as a Scottish earl, Grif attends the most glittering balls, hunting for the woman who is rumored to possess his familyâs treasure. Along the way he catches the eye of Anna Addison, a highborn young woman whose sharp tongue and even sharper wits have limited her marital prospects but enable her to detect Grifâs deception. Determined to find a husband this Season, Anna draws Grif into a scandalous bargain: she will deliver his precious heirloomâand keep secret his true identityâif Grif can teach her how to seduce a man and win his heart. Well aware of what a man wants from a woman, Grif reluctantly instructs her. Soon Anna is besieged by suitors and Grifâs exasperation with the troublesome beauty turns into heated desire. With time running out, Grif commits a reckless act in order to claim not only his treasure, but the passionate woman he believes is his and his alone.