About the Book
The Duke’s Guard: The men in black who have sworn an oath to protect the Duke of Wyndmere and his family from enemies that would stop at nothing to discredit and destroy him!
The Duke’s Hammer has no time for love!
On assignment to find the source of vicious slander and scandal aimed at the duke, he’s undercover gathering information in the bowels of London. The night he sees a battered angel in need of rescuing, his heart has other ideas!
Melinda Waring is in dire straits!
When her father dies, she has to leave the vicarage. Alone and homeless, she accepts her cousin’s offer of a job. Deplorable conditions and jeers from patrons noticing her limp, have her feeling unworthy and unlovable. Until the night the handsome-as-sin Irishman with broad shoulders and bigger heart treats her like she matters.
He suspects she is being abused and tries to convince her to leave the tavern, promising his help finding work and a place to stay. For the first time in his life, his heart yearns…for the brown-eyed lass with work-worn hands.
Bruised and beaten down, she hesitates to accept his help, until the night she is cornered in the back room of the tavern, and he whisks her to safety. She tries to ignore the pull of attraction, but cannot resist his dark brown eyes and dimpled smile. Can he see past her imperfections to her heart?
Garahan has a vow to keep and a duty to perform and has to leave her in the care of the duke’s London staff. When she is reported missing, he vows to bring her back and never let her go!
Danger stalks in the night, but it will have to elude The Duke’s Hammer before he will let harm come to those he has sworn to protect with his strength, his honor, and his heart.