A war hero returned from Waterloo should be able to indulge in a bit of bad behavior. Instead, Captain William Endicott is summoned by his father, the Duke of York, to investigate an assassination plot. The unlikely suspect: William's former sweetheart. Will can't believe that innocent Evie Whitney could be mixed up in anything so nefarious. Then again, almost everything about Evie has changed--except for his body's instinctive response to hers...

Just as Evie's life is finally coming together, Will saunters back into it. Should she slap him--or seduce him? Even as she tries to decide, scandal pushes her toward marriage with a man she can neither trust nor resist--and into the heart of a deadly conspiracy...

Praise for Vanessa Kelly's Renegade Royals series

"Will definitely resonate with fans of Mary Jo Putney and Joanne Bourne." --Booklist

"Kelly combines diverting dialogue, delightful surprises and finely tuned pacing to make this a winner." --Publishers Weekly (starred review)