A viscount who maps safe routes for the British Crown. A woman who’s honor-bound to her betrothed across the Channel. One illicit encounter that changes everything.
In 1807 London, Lord Jonathan Bowen, covert mapmaker for the War Office, crosses swords with Miss Lise von Ostenfeld at a diplomatic ball.
She dismantles his pride and could do it again in three more languages.
Yet within a fortnight, he charts her curves and kisses her soundly before she sails home to Holstein, a land struggling to remain free from French control.
Jonathan’s next commission sends him behind enemy lines, straight into Lise’s world. Her husband-to-be profits from Napoleon’s blockade. Her brother guards his family’s honor with a pistol.
French soldiers patrol the forests that Jonathan must chart for His Majesty’s army. How did a waltz and a kiss lead him to this?
In the occupied territory of northern Europe, every choice carries a cost, and choosing love may be the most dangerous risk of all.
