All Paris-born Amelia de Maupassant ever wanted was to make hats. But overnight her dream's gone up in smoke, along with her London millinery shop. When witty and handsome Hugh Fyne comes to her rescue, Amelia has doubts. Is he there to save her or seduce her? Hugh's heart leaps to its own conclusions. He must have Amelia and he will, if she doesn't discover his secret. Betrayal and horror in Revolutionary France haunt Amelia. Memories of war and a father's villainy ravage Hugh. A woman sick of lies. A man lying for love. Will the truth destroy them? Or release them from their pasts to make a future together?
