New York Times bestselling author Jane Feather returns to the Regency with a passionate tale that sweeps the reader from the dangerous streets of Paris to the glittering ballrooms of LondonLady Hero Fanshawe has chafed at societys dictates since the death of her fianc taught her that joy can be fleeting When her brother disappears in Paris at the height of the Terror she has no hesitation in disguising herself as a boy and risking her life to find himor in joining forces with a chance-met ally the enigmatic William Ducasse Viscount St Aubrey And she has no regrets in indulging in a passionate affair with the dangerously handsome stranger in the shadow of the guillotine Half French half English William is committed to his shadow life flirting with death to rescue imperiled aristocrats Marriage is an indulgence he cannot afford Once Hero returns to London he refuses to risk her good name by continuing their liaison But he has reckoned without the determined Heros disregard for proprietyor the dictates of his own heart.
