Midnight Pleasures With a Scoundrel

The wildest passion comes under the cover of night in Midnight Pleasures with a Scoundrel, the fourth installment in New York Times bestselling author Lorraine Heath’s thrilling Scoundrels of St. James romance series.

Eleanor Watkins is on a quest to avenge her sister’s death, and no one can stop her—no one but the strong, compassionate, and utterly irresistible inspector James Swidler . . .

Shadowing the decadent Marquess of Rockberry through foggy pleasure gardens, she is determined to make her sister’s tormentor pay. But when dangerous rogues corner her in the midnight mist, it is James who sweeps her from harm.

Raised in the ruthless rookeries, the Scotland Yard detective knows every trick of the London underworld. Assigned to thwart the crime, he is soon torn between his sworn duty and the fierce, alluring beauty whose touch threatens to steal his guarded heart.

• Enemies to Lovers: She is secretly stalking a corrupt nobleman with a dagger in her reticule, while he takes her on tethered hot air balloon rides over the Thames to earn her trust.
• Romantic Intrigue: The search for Elisabeth’s fate uncovers a sinister aristocratic society whose members mark their vulnerable prey with cold silver filigree collars.
• Found Family: James joins forces with his former pickpocket brethren, now titled lords and club owners, to shield the woman who holds his heart.
• Also by This Author: The Duke and the Lady in Red, Once More, My Darling Rogue and When the Duke Was Wicked.