Description

War Office agent Mason Cabot is determined to stop the British mole who is passing military secrets to the French. When he encounters Lady Alexandra Markham-alluring and far above his reach-he discovers she's equally determined to stop him from arresting her brother. Soon, Mason not only wants to arrest the traitor, he also wants to possess Alexandra...a woman whom his illegitimacy makes him too unworthy to obtain The daughter of an earl who has always lived by the stifling rules of propriety, Lady Alexandra Markham will do anything to save her brother from being arrested, including being forced into a pretend marriage with Mason, who represents everything she can never have--freedom, adventure, passion. When she falls in love with him beneath the masquerade of the Venetian night, her proper life is forever changed...a life which can never include an illegitimate spy. Their two different worlds push them apart. But when an enemy seeks revenge, Mason must overcome his feelings of anger and betrayal to save Alexandra.