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USA Today bestselling author Julie Anne Long
continues her Palace of Rogues series with a brand-new romance about an
ambitious American and a headstrong British heiress.

He's the battle-hardened son of
a bastard, raised in the wilds of New York. She's the sheltered, blue-blooded
darling of the London broadsheets, destined to marry a duke. Their worlds could
only collide in a boardinghouse by the London docks...and when they do, the
sparks would ignite all of England.

Nothing can stop Hugh Cassidy's
drive to build an American empire...unless it's his new nemesis, the arrogant,
beautiful, too-clever-by-half Lady Lillias Vaughn. The fascination is mutual.
The temptation is merciless. And the inevitable indiscretion? Soul-searing--and
the ruination of them both. Hugh's proposal salvages Lillias's honor but kills
their dreams for their futures...until they arrive at a plan that could
honorably set them free.

But unraveling their entanglement inadvertently uncovers enthralling
truths: about Lillias's wounded, tender heart and fierce spirit. About Hugh's
stunning gentleness, depth, and courage. Soon Hugh knows that as surely as he'd
fight a thousand battles to win her...the best way to love Lillias means
breaking his own heart.