USA Today bestselling author Julie Anne Longcontinues her Palace of Rogues series with a brand-new romance about anambitious American and a headstrong British heiress.He’s the battle-hardened son ofa bastard, raised in the wilds of New York. She’s the sheltered, blue-bloodeddarling of the London broadsheets, destined to marry a duke. Their worlds couldonly collide in a boardinghouse by the London docks...and when they do, thesparks would ignite all of England. Nothing can stop Hugh Cassidy’sdrive to build an American empire...unless it’s his new nemesis, the arrogant,beautiful, too-clever-by-half Lady Lillias Vaughn. The fascination is mutual.The temptation is merciless. And the inevitable indiscretion? Soul-searing—andthe ruination of them both. Hugh’s proposal salvages Lillias’s honor but killstheir dreams for their futures...until they arrive at a plan that couldhonorably set them free. But unraveling their entanglement inadvertently uncovers enthrallingtruths: about Lillias’s wounded, tender heart and fierce spirit. About Hugh’sstunning gentleness, depth, and courage. Soon Hugh knows that as surely as he’dfight a thousand battles to win her...the best way to love Lillias meansbreaking his own heart.
