Brazen

From "e;a masterful storyteller,"e; a lady makes a brazen request for help from the military man hired to return to her family in this Regency romance (New York Times-bestselling author Lorraine Heath). She will give him what he desires. But first, a small favor . . . Lady Christina Fairhaven is devoted to her adoptive family and most protective of her wayward brother. So when battle-scarred and world-weary Captain Gavin Briggs arrives at her cottage bearing shocking news that she is the granddaughter of an aged, bad-tempered duke Christina is stunned . . . temporarily. She will not meet the duke who abandoned her when she was a child; Gavin will not receive his significant and much needed reward. However, should the good Captain agree to help her locate and rescue her endangered sibling, then perhaps . . . But with a fortune at stake,the road to London is paved with peril. Treachery awaits them . . . not to mention attraction, temptation,and a most unanticipated passion. To regain his soul, to protect his lady, Gavin must be more than brave. To win his love, Christina must be positively brazen. . . .