Poison or Protect

<p>Can one gentle Highland soldier woo Victorian London’s most scandalous lady assassin or will they both be destroyed in the attempt?<br /><br />New York Times bestselling author Gail Carriger presents a stand-alone romance novella set in her popular steampunk universe full of manners spies and dainty sandwiches.<br /><br />Lady Preshea Villentia the Mourning Star has four dead husbands and a nasty reputation. Fortunately she looks fabulous in black. What society doesn’t know is that all her husbands were marked for death by Preshea’s employer. And Preshea has one final assignment.<br /><br />It was supposed to be easy a house party with minimal bloodshed. Preshea hadn’t anticipated Captain Gavin Ruthven – massive Scottish quietly irresistible and… working for the enemy. In a battle of wits Preshea may risk her own heart – a terrifying prospect as she never knew she had one.</p>