From nationally bestselling author Elizabeth Thornton comes the sinfully seductive, delightfully romantic story of a woman who discovers a most thrilling type of pursuit. . . . After years of heroism in the fight against the French, Ash Denison wants nothing more than to savor the good life. But an urgent request has sent him to a writers symposium. His charge: to unmask an author who has rattled several members of the town by revealing their most intimate, most scandalous secrets. Not one to be left out, when Ash encounters a bold, beautiful, irresistibly aloof woman writer, he cant help stirring up some gossip of his own. . . .Much to Eve Dearings surprise, Ash is far from the well-mannered gentleman shes heard about. In fact, hes shockingly brash and has taken an inexplicable interest in manhandling her at every turn. Yet something about his searing embrace makes her forgive his wicked behaviorand succumb to his dangerous seduction. And when a fellow writer is brutally attacked and Eve becomes the killers next target, Ash surprises her once more by vowing not only to keep her safe . . . but to win her heart.From the Paperback edition.