Velvet Treason

Trust is a luxury Philippa Sutherland can no longer afford. Widowed, publicly humiliated, and haunted by her husband's conviction for treason, she finds encrypted proof that someone far more powerful destroyed him. Colonel Hugh Darrow appears at her countryside door with government credentials and disarming composure—but his orders have nothing to do with comfort. Between stolen glances and dangerous secrets, desire becomes their most reckless weapon as a ruthless conspiracy closes in to silence them both.