Francesca Greentree comes upon a man trapped in the treacherous mire that's claimed many a victim. Pulling him from the bog, Francesca finds she's saved a very handsome and very desirable man. Terrified of her unfavorable heritage, Francesca buries herself upon the moors to quash her need for adventure. However, believing she will never see him after this night, Francesca joins him in confronting the villains who tricked him into the quicksand.

The famous courtesan Aphrodite hires investigator Sebastian Thorne to find the mastermind who had her young daughters kidnapped years ago. When the trail leaves London and seemingly ends in Yorkshire, Sebastian is lured into the bog. Luck intervenes and Francesca rescues him from death. He immediately feels a bond with the young woman who so desperately tries to suppress her free spirit. He tries to keep his own wild nature concealed.

Unable to deny her passionate desire for Sebastian, Francesca enters into a dangerous affair with him. He makes her feel alive and free for the first time. Sebastian's flings have always been insignificant until now. His affair with Francesca makes him reevaluate his own painful past that he's tried to ignore.

Ms. Bennett has kept the best for last in the third Greentree sister trilogy. It's wickedly sensual as danger steadily increases and Francesca and Sebastian's affair heats up. The villain is not obvious even though Ms. Bennett provides tantalizing hints to the mastermind's identity.

Book Summary

Proper, reserved Francesca detests chaotic London and one of its most infamous inhabitants: her birth mother, the notorious courtesan Madame Aphrodite. Lovingly raised by the devoted Lady Greentree, she's content to remain in Yorkshire, far from the scandalous parent whose life and profession shock . . . yet intrigue her. But a dark, dangerous stranger she rescues on the moors is awakening a most improper desire — causing Francesca to question whether she is more her mother's daughter than she ever wished to be.

When Sebastian Thorne agrees to protect Aphrodite's estranged daughter from a dire threat emerging from her past, the fallen lord is unexpectedly seduced by Francesca's beauty. But a vigilante living on the shadowy edge of society has little hope to own such a prize — and unless he reclaims his abandoned title and lost honor, Sebastian will never get close enough to the bewitching lady to save her life . . . or win her passion.

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