Book four in The Deverells saga, follows True Deverell's eldest legitimate son as he wanders down a path he's never before known. What will he find at the end of it? And will he survive the journey?
Notorious...
Ransom
Deverell once got away with murder. So rumor has it.
People say
he has no heart and no conscience. Just like his infamous father, he's a
cocksure, irreverent fellow of indeterminate pedigree or class. On the surface
he appears indifferent, cold and merciless, while on the inside there are,
according to gossip, unplumbed depths of sin and depravity.
He even
shot at his own father once, so who knows what he could be capable of next?
Ransom
Deverell is irredeemable. He's heard it so often it must be true.
Oddly
enough, his reputation does not keep women at bay. The lure of danger brings
them into his life by the dozen, but he keeps his boots on, always ready to run
swiftly away from promises and commitment.
And he
isn't always looking where he's going.
Not impressed...
In her twenty
six years, Miss Mary Ashford has been through enough ups and downs— mostly the
latter. It doesn't matter that her sister calls her an old maid and every
opportunity in life seems to have passed her by. These days she would rather
experience adventures by safely reading about them within the pages of a book.
Far less risk to one's heart and petticoats.
So when this
scapegrace collides with a lamp post and crashes into her quiet bookshop, Mary
must keep her eminently sensible wits about her. Although Deverell stirs up the
dust and tickles her sense of humor, she knows how to handle habitual flirts
and artful charmers.
And she
knows this menace to womanhood is accustomed to getting his own way. Well, he
won't get it with her.
Not in love...
He says he's
entirely unlovable. She says she's far too practical to believe in love.
Everybody knows love only happens to
weak-chinned imbeciles and silly girls in novels.
But when
these two opposites meet, they soon realize that not everything is quite as it
seems. Including them.
And it
could be that they met just in the nick of time.
Falling in
love is every bit as painful as it sounds, but when disaster strikes, it just might
save them both.
