She’s a fugitive hiding in plain sight. He’s the powerful Duke who won’t let her slip away.

Lady Alexandra Beaumont should be dead. After her brother’s suspicious "accident" and a terrifying threat from a predatory enemy, she has no choice but to vanish. Forfeiting her title and her life in London, she remakes herself as Miss Smith—a quiet, reserved governess at a remote estate in the wild Yorkshire moors.

Marcus Langston, the Duke of Ravencroft, is a man of dark moods and piercing stares. A veteran of the Peninsula Wars, he knows a soldier in disguise when he sees one—and he knows the woman in his schoolroom is a liar. From her flawless Greek to the way she carries herself like a queen, nothing about "Miss Smith" rings true. He should be wary of her, but as he watches her heal his broken family, his suspicion turns into a fierce, obsessive need to possess her.

In the flickering light of the library, their masks begin to slip. Alexandra finds in Marcus a sanctuary of iron and heat—a man who has vowed to burn the world down to keep her safe. But her past is closing in, and the man hunting her doesn't just want her silence. He wants her.

When her secret is finally bared, Alexandra must decide: will she flee again to save the Duke from scandal, or will she trust the man who has already claimed her heart?

Return to the regency era with this pulse-pounding, high-heat romance. Featuring a protective, "touch her and you die" hero, a resilient heroine, and a slow-burn passion that explodes into a guaranteed HEA.