The Cost of Command

von Jayne Alexander

312 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Miss Sophie Hartwell has spent three Seasons being overlooked, underestimated, and quietly arranged toward a marriage she does not want. Her only plan for the evening is to escape an intolerable suitor, climb down a trellis with what dignity remains to her, and enjoy ten stolen minutes of freedom.Unfortunately, Colonel Marcus Grantham is waiting in the garden.A former soldier trained to read danger before it strikes, Grantham has come to intercept a courier tied to the shadowy organization known as the Trust. Sophie fits the description. She appears at the appointed hour. She moves with suspicious nerve. She refuses to panic. To Grantham, the conclusion is obvious.To Sophie, it is outrageous.Abducted by mistake and locked in a country safe house by the most infuriatingly disciplined man in England, Sophie should be terrified. Instead, she is furious, hungry, and increasingly determined to prove that Colonel Grantham's intelligence is not nearly as impressive as his shoulders. But when the real courier vanishes and the Trust's latest scheme begins to unfold, Sophie's talent for noticing what others dismiss becomes impossible to ignore.With the help of the Owls-Eleanor, Celeste, Beatrice, Imogen, and Maggie-Sophie is drawn into a dangerous world of hidden ledgers, false loyalties, political conspiracy, and drawing rooms where every compliment may conceal a threat. The deeper she steps into Grantham's war, the harder it becomes to deny the pull between them: his need to command, her refusal to obey, and the dangerous tenderness neither of them knows how to survive.

• ISBN: 9798182238021
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 14.08.2026
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp