A new and evocative Regency historical novel from rising star Meredith Duran, an author for whom, as Fresh Fiction said, readers need to make room on their keeper shelf. By candlelight, she lures himGlittering court socialites and underworld cutpurses alike know that Adrian Ferrers, Earl of Rivenham, is the most dangerous man in London. Rivenham will let nothingnot the deepening shadow of war, nor the growing darkness within himinterfere with his ambition to restore his family to its former glory. But when tasked by the king to uncover a traitor, he discovers instead a conspiracyand a woman whose courage awakens terrible temptations. To save her is to risk everything. To love her might cost his life.At swordpoint she defies himLady Leonora knows that Rivenham is the devil in beautiful disguiseand that the irresistible tension between them is as unpredictable as the dilemma in which Nora finds herself: held hostage on her own estate by Rivenham and the kings men. But when war breaks out, Nora has no choice but to place her trust in her dearest enemyand pray that love does not become the weapon that destroys them both