Want to know how to defend yourself from evil?
Never let it get under your skin.

For fifteen years, I’ve served as the sidekick to one of Chicago’s most sought-after exorcists, banishing demons and surviving night terrors so vicious I couldn’t confide in anyone but my own four walls. Then my mentor abandons me when I need him most, leaving me with a case I can’t solve and a growing fear that I’m not quite the righteous exorcist-in-training I thought I was.

An expert in antiquities, Lady Alessandra della Giamatti arrives in Bath to excavate newly discovered Roman ruins-only to find herself caught in a web of evil intrigue by a blackmailer threatening to expose her scandalous past. The one man who can help her is Lord James "Black Jack" Pierson, a fellow member of the expedition and a sinfully handsome rogue whose tempting presence ignites a different sort of danger.

"The bluest of blood, the boldest of hearts; the de Montforte brothers will take your breath away."

England, 1776: Lord Gareth de Montforte is known as an irresponsible rake with a heart of gold. When he takes a bullet for boldly thwarting a stagecoach robbery, he is stunned to discover that the beautiful young woman he has heroically rescued, Juliet Paige, is his deceased brother’s American fiancée, accompanied by her infant daughter.