After successfully completing his first mission as a Royal Saboteur, Hew Arundel is in London onholiday. But his entertainments are cut short when he's attacked in the street. When he wakes,he's not only in pain but in an unfamiliar setting. He might be half-delirious, but he's notimagining the smart-mouthed woman charged with his care. Belle isn't a skilled nurse, but she'ssmart and fearless, and Hew finds those two qualities irresistible. And dangerous. Hew's hearthas been damaged before, and he swore never again to allow a woman to breach his defenses.Belle doesn't seem interested in him anyway…until they share a forbidden kiss.Belle Howard was born with a specialized palate. She knows exquisite tea by scent and tasteand has used that talent to turn her family's business, Howard's Teas & Treats, into one of thepremiere tea shops in London. When circumstances force Belle and her father to care for aninjured man, they aren't sure the man will survive. They certainly don't expect his would-beassassins to wreak havoc on their lives. Now Belle is caught up in a dangerous mission and evenmore treacherous is the way Hew Arundel makes Belle feel whenever he looks at her. But Bellehas learned not to trust men. If only she could remember that when Hew takes her in his arms.