The Rescue

He was the last man she''d ever expect to come to.... From the bestselling author ofThe Engagementcomes a deliciously entertaining tale of a refined lady and a reformed thief drawn into a whirlwind of danger and desire..... A lady who knows too much.... There''s nothing like witnessing a murder to shake up one''s life. That''s what Miss Primrose Victoria Dane discovers when she accidentally stumbles upon the scene of a deadly crime. Suddenly the well-bred spinster is on the run hiding from a killer in the most notorious back alleys of east London--and finding to her surprise that she is more than up for the adventure...until she gets caught by a ruthless stranger with a wicked smile..... A rogue with a lot to learn.... Black-clad black-haired black-heartedNightshade.Once he was a master thief who ruled the London netherworld executing daring daylight robberies slipping into glittering ballrooms to relieve thetonof its jewels. Yet now Nightshade has gone respectable...and only a favor to a friend has brought him back to his old haunts--and his old ways. Tracking down a lost spinster seems an easy task. But Nightshade isn''t prepared for the irresistible innocence of Miss Primrose Dane a beautiful waif with a spirit that could win his heart--and a secret that could get him killed.