From award-winning author Jo Beverley comes a story that sweeps from the seething turmoil of Ireland to the mystery and intrigue of Regency England -- an enthralling tale of long-buried secrets, scandalous passion, and a love that will last forever . . .

She is a beautiful, rebellious heiress with a terrible secret. He is her unwanted guardian -- a man of seductive power and dangerous sensuality.

They come together one mist-shrouded night. What begins as a charade borne of desperation soon becomes an illicit liaison of passionate abandon and forbidden love.

One man stands between them: a cruel landowner sworn to possess the wealth he craves and the woman he desires. His dark treachery will drive a pair of lovers to dare the unknowable and risk the unthinkable, just to hold on to their . . . Dangerous Joy.