Gabriel Cynster agrees to help a mysterious woman expose a schemer who threatens her family and their fortune.
And with each overpowering kiss, each passionate embrace, Alathea knows that she will not be able to resist his ultimate seduction...but what will happen when she reveals the truth?.
Yet as the stakes get higher, so does Gabriel′s desire for payment.
Lady Alathea Morwellan knows Gabriel is intrigued, but despite the sparks that fly between them, they have never passed a civil moment together.
He was powerless to resist...
But he exacts payment as only a Cynster would demand: with each piece of information he uncovers, she must pay him - in the form of a kiss.
For despite her disguise, Gabriel finds the woman alluring and he is powerless to deny her.
When a mysterious lady, her face hidden by a black veil, begs Gabriel Cynster for his help, he cannot refuse her plea.
She was desperate for his help...
And now, Stephanie Laurens has created her boldest Cynster yet - Gabriel - a man who has known the pleasure of many women, but who has given his heart to no one.
A shared illicit passion makes Alathea\'s deception difficult to maintain.
He is unaware that this countess is really Lady Alathea, whom he has known since childhood.
Gabriel Cynster agrees to help a mysterious woman expose a schemer who threatens her family and their fortune