He is everything she wants to avoid...For two years, Catherine Marks has been a paid companion to the Hathaway sisters ? a pleasant position, with one caveat. Her charges' older brother, Leo Hathaway, is thoroughly exasperating. Cat can hardly believe that their constant arguing could mask a mutual attraction. But when one quarrel ends in a sudden kiss, Cat is shocked at her powerful response ? and even more so when Leo proposes a dangerous liaison. She is not at all what she seems...Leo must marry and produce an heir within a year to save his family home. Catherine's respectable demeanour hides a secret that would utterly destroy her. But to Leo, Cat is intriguing and infernally tempting, even to a man resolved never to love again. The danger Cat tried to outrun is about to separate them forever ? unless two wary lovers can find a way to banish the shadows and give in to their desires...

Author Biography

Lisa Kleypas is the author of numerous historical and contemporary romance novels. In 1985, she was named Miss Massachusetts, competed in the Miss America pageant and published her first novel at twenty-one. Lisa is married and has two children. www.lisakleypas.com