Adrian Hawker rose up snarling out of the slums of London, a cunning thief and a skilled killer. He's rescued from that life by the British Service, who have uses for his particular skill set.
Justine DeCabrillac, daughter of the nobility whose parents died in the chaos of the Revolution, is rescued from a decadent child brothel by a woman of the French Secret Police. Justine, too, becomes a great spy for France.
Attacked on a rainy London street, Justine knows only one man can save her: Hawker, her oldest friend...her oldest enemy. London is crawling with hidden assassins, and someone is out to frame Hawker for murder. The two spies must work together to find who's out to destroy them...
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"Just the right amount of intrigue makes this vivid romance a gripping page-turner."
— Publishers Weekly Starred Review
" Reading through jumps in the time and going through tragedies while doing so is challenging enough. But for me the worst is making a main heroine victim of sexual abuse. I read for relaxation. This was not relaxing, rather deeply disturbing. "
— Agnes, 9/30/2017Joanna Bourne is the RITA Award–winning author of historical romances set in England and France during the Napoleonic Wars, including My Lord and Spymaster, The Black Hawk, and The Spymaster’s Lady. Joanna lives in the Appalachian Mountains with her family.
Kirsten Potter has won several awards, including more than a dozen AudioFile Earphones Awards and been a three-time finalist for the prestigious Audie Award for best narration. Her work has been recognized by the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts and by AudioFile magazine, among many others. She graduated with highest honors from Boston University and has performed on stage and in film and television, including roles on Medium, Bones, and Judging Amy.