The Agent and the Outlaw

The murder of a marquis an accidental kidnapping an elite vampire death squad and a beast stalking the French countryside? All in a day’s work for a member of les Dames Dangereuses.As the most enviable comtesse of the tonne Charlotte de Brionne was almost satisfied with her wealth power and tepid marriage until her murderous husband betrayed her.Now she has seized the chance to make a more adventurous start with les Dames Dangereuses an order of lady spies serving the French crown. Unfortunately her latest assignment is rudely interrupted when she is kidnapped by a crossbow-wielding soldier who happens to be rather surly and annoyingly handsome.Lieutenant Antoine de Valle has no idea what to make of the exasperating untrustworthy and frustratingly beautiful woman he’s suddenly saddled with but his honor demands he see to Charlotte's safety. Especially since it's his fault she witnesses him murder a marquis lands on the wrong side of a brutal vampire death squad and narrowly survives an encounter with the Beast of Gévaudan.In fact the more Antoine tries to keep Charlotte safe the more trouble they find themselves in. And the longer their journey lasts the harder it is for Antoine to remember his honor in the face of Charlotte’s dangerous charms.