A bluestocking abroad...

Aspiring antiquarian Evangeline Darlington arrives in Athens eager to join her uncle on a secret excavation to prove a fabled ancient civilization of elusive warriors truly existed. The discovery could finally earn her a place among the Society of Antiquarians. But there's a problem: Uncle Charles has vanished, and the only person with the knowledge to help her trace his steps is a fellow antiquarian who might want her uncle's research for himself. After all, someone in London already died trying to steal it. As they work alongside each other, Sir Jonathan Hackberry's genuine respect for her as a scholar builds her trust and convinces Evangeline she belongs. But digging up the truth about her uncle means uncovering the truth about the man slowly stealing her heart.

A spy who wants to go home...

Sir Jonathan Hackberry would rather have dirt on his hands than blood on his conscience, but the Regent's Consul doesn't take requests. Meeting Evangeline?intelligent, fearless, and completely without pretense?makes him long for a love that no Regent's man can have. Even if he could, he has been given a deplorable assignment he cannot refuse, and success means destroying the one woman who has ever truly seen him.