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He promised to find her when he came of age. She promised to return if she could. Neither kept their word.
Seventeen years have passed since Julianna was dragged from Witherdeen Hall—torn from Bennet Devereaux, the marquess's lonely son and the only true friend she has ever known. Now widowed and determined never to depend on any man, she has found her place among the ladies of the Order, Lucius Daventry's discreet band of enquiry agents.
Then her first client walks in—and the boy she left behind is the Marquess Devereaux.
Someone wants Bennet dead. Obituaries pieced together from cut newsprint announce his tragic demise. A ghostly monk stalks the abbey ruins. A gravestone bears his name. And the latest threat promises to see Witherdeen burned to the ground. To unmask his tormentor, Julianna must live under his roof and pretend the past is buried.
But some promises refuse to stay broken. A marquess must wed a duke's daughter, not a courtesan's child—and Julianna will be no man's mistress. As the threats turn deadly, they must trust each other with their lives... or lose the second chance neither believed they deserved.
Genre: Historical Romance
Seventeen years have passed since Julianna was dragged from Witherdeen Hall—torn from Bennet Devereaux, the marquess's lonely son and the only true friend she has ever known. Now widowed and determined never to depend on any man, she has found her place among the ladies of the Order, Lucius Daventry's discreet band of enquiry agents.
Then her first client walks in—and the boy she left behind is the Marquess Devereaux.
Someone wants Bennet dead. Obituaries pieced together from cut newsprint announce his tragic demise. A ghostly monk stalks the abbey ruins. A gravestone bears his name. And the latest threat promises to see Witherdeen burned to the ground. To unmask his tormentor, Julianna must live under his roof and pretend the past is buried.
But some promises refuse to stay broken. A marquess must wed a duke's daughter, not a courtesan's child—and Julianna will be no man's mistress. As the threats turn deadly, they must trust each other with their lives... or lose the second chance neither believed they deserved.
Genre: Historical Romance
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