by Regina Scott
Botheration!
Ariadne Courdebas had gotten under his skin, and that was no cliché. Good, kind, well-intentioned people like her were the reason he’d gone into the profession to begin with. True, he’d only been performing his duties for a couple years now, and this was the first time his superior had trusted him with an assignment of this magnitude. The very safety of the Empire depended on no one knowing his purpose. All the more reason he had to succeed.
She was equally determined. He’d observed her from a distance for the last four days, and from what he could gather, she was trying to learn the identity of a centurion she’d met at Lord Rottenford’s party. That was unthinkable. But if he spent his time throwing her off the scent, he’d have less time to find and stop his quarry.
Hunt or be hunted. Difficult choice. He knew what his superior would advise. With Napoleon sweeping across France, every moment counted. He had to act.
There was only one problem. His superior had likely never met Ariadne Courdebas. Certainly he’d never sparred with her on an empty balcony, never touched her creamy, no silky, cheek, inhaled the honeysuckle of her perfume. No spy had ever been so tempting.
Or so tempted.
He rose, leaving the remains of his ice melting in its glass. He had a job to do. Nothing was more important than that. If Ariadne Courdebas inserted herself into the center of things, he would have to neutralize her.
For all his heart protested otherwise.
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About the Author
Regina Scott started writing novels in the third grade. Thankfully for literature as we know it, she didn’t actually sell her first novel until she learned a bit more about writing. Since her first book was published in 1998, her stories have traveled the globe, with translations in many languages including Dutch, German, Italian, and Portuguese. She now has over two dozen published works of warm, witty romance.
She and her husband of more than 25 years reside in Washington State with their overactive Irish terrier. Regina Scott is a decent fencer, owns a historical costume collection that takes up over a third of her large closet, and is an active member of the Church of the Nazarene.