Written by Jo Beverley
Read by Simon Prebble

Con Somerford, now the earl of Wyvern, and smuggler Susan Kerslake knew each other for only for two brief romantic weeks as teenagers 11 years ago. But when they meet again at gunpoint on a windswept Devon cliff, they are disconcerted to realize that the attraction is still there if only they can get past the old hurts and the new complications that hang between them. A pair of complex protagonists, a grim, faux-medieval castle filled with appallingly lewd artwork and "entertainments," courtesy of the earlier insane Dragons of Wyvern, and a wonderful cast of secondary characters many of whom have appeared in Beverley's earlier works combine in what begins as an apparently simple reunion story but becomes more intriguing and darkly complex as the layers of the plot are cleverly peeled away. The author's classic mix of simmering sexual tension and satisfying sensuality will please her fans, old and new. Beverley is a popular, best-selling author (Devilish) and a member of the Romance Writers of America (RWA) Hall of Fame; she lives in British Columbia.