Brazen

From "a masterful storyteller," a lady makes a brazen request for help from the military man hired to return to her family in this Regency romance (New York Times–bestselling author Lorraine Heath).She will give him what he desires. But first, a small favor . . .Lady Christina Fairhaven is devoted to her adoptive family—and most protective of her wayward brother.So when battle-scarred and world-weary Captain Gavin Briggs arrives at her cottage bearing shocking news—that she is the granddaughter of an aged, bad-tempered duke—Christina is stunned . . . temporarily.She will not meet the duke who abandoned her when she was a child; Gavin will not receive his significant—and much needed—reward. However, should the good Captain agree to help her locate and rescue her endangered sibling, then perhaps . . .But with a fortune at stake,the road to London is paved with peril. Treachery awaits them . . . not to mention attraction, temptation,and a most unanticipated passion.To regain his soul, to