Connections

• Gideon first appears, briefly, in Deception.

Lady Malvina Brackney is in over her head. Blackmail, highway robbery, murder, and treason are just some of the crimes in which she's become embroiled. As each day passes, her chances of escape--and survival--lessen.

Until one day, a mysterious stranger rescues her from a mess of her own making. He whisks her away, promising help and taking over with a calm fortitude that astonishes and annoys her.

Gideon's motives are not as pure as he leads Lady Brackney to believe. His work for the government brought him to her door and his work may be what lands her on the executioner's block.

Seeing none of the mercenary nature he expected, and ever one to act on impulse, Gideon proposes marriage and takes her to his estate. 

But Malvina's blackmailer is not finished with her yet. He follows, continuing his underhanded schemes, holding her son's life over her head.