Nothing can stop Hugh Cassidy's drive to build an American empire unless it's his new nemesis, the arrogant, beautiful, too-clever-by-half Lady Lillias Vaughn with whom he has an indiscretion that kills their dreams for their futures.

From USA Today bestselling author Julie Anne Long comes the second book in an exciting new historical romance series, the first since her beloved Pennyroyal Green series. He has devil's blood in his veins. At least, that's always been the legend. How else could the Duke of Brexford's notorious bastard son return from the dead? The brutal decade since Lucien Durand, Lord Bolt, allegedly drowned in the Thames forged him into a man who always gets what-and...

Hired to find the Earl of Brundage's runaway fiancé, former British spymaster Christian Hawkes, who believes Brundage is a traitor, tracks down Lady Aurelie Capet, and as they slowly unravel each other's secrets, they learn that to have a future together, they must vanquish the past.