The Duke’s Defense

Henrianna and Edgewood have their own story in The Duke’s Defense.

Neither of them is fresh out of school and both have seen a thing or two in their lives, so it’s no wonder they’re a bit skeptical about love—especially the passionate “love at first sight” love that sparks between them on New Year’s Eve. They are attracted to each other—there’s no doubt in that—but they are unprepared for the all consuming love that their passion uncovers.

The elegant guests at Haversham House are counting down the final minutes of 1812 as they eagerly await the traditional welcoming of a new year, but the only thing the Earl of Edgewood is waiting for is a hot bath and a snifter of cognac.

As midnight draws closer, Edgewood is the only person to notice a young lady slipping out into the frigid night. When she fails to return, he resigns himself to the fact that it’s up to him to save her from the deadly cold.

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Henrianna Barbour is escaping from an abusive stepfather when she finds, finds Edgewood, then loses him to Napoleon's machinations. As a spy for the British Crown, she becomes Madame Rose du Bois, mistress to a top French general, scandalizing and titillating Paris society…until love demands a different kind of truth.