He's the last man Viv wants to see.
Vivienne de Massé goes to Paris impersonating her oldest sister, the infamous Drury Lane actress, Charmaine Massey. Viv has a reason...and a plan to avenge the capture and death of their other sister during the Terror. Only one man can stop her.
Tate Cantrell is the only man who sees right through her.
Tate Cantrell bursts into her dressing room one night in Paris and calls Viv's bluff. He reminds Viv she plays a role-and a dangerous game she cannot win alone.
He declares she needs him. She always has. Indeed, he's spent the last decade helping the émigré Massé family-and falling in love with charming Viv. Now the Earl of Appleby, Tate works as a spy for Scarlett Hawthorne's network on the Continent. He alone has the means and the connections to help her....if she'll let him.
Haunted by their past, they're desperate to save their future together... If they can survive those who would destroy them.