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She stood at danger's threshold - then love beckoned her in.In the shelter of her country cottage, Sara Fielding puts pen to paper to create dreams. But curiosity has enticed the prim, well-bred gentlewoman out of her safe haven - and into Derek Craven's dangerous world.A handsome, tough and tenacious Cockney, he rose from poverty to become lord of London's most exclusive gambling house - a struggle that has left Derek Craven fabulously wealthy, but hardened and suspicious. And now duty demands that he allow Sara Fielding into his world - with her impeccable manners and her infuriating innocence. But here, in a perilous shadow-realm of ever-shifting fortunes, even a proper "mouse" can be transformed into a breathtaking enchantress - and a world-weary gambler can be shaken to his cynical core by the power of passion... and the promise of love.
