Hugh wants nothing but to leave tumultuous France for the calm of England. Too soon the couple is caught up in the rising revolution, dodging bloodthirsty mobs, hiding from soldiers, and embroiled in the attack of the Bastille. When the peasants attack, he realizes he's already too late, and now he must protect Angelette, whose sharp tongue is far from angelic. But after meeting the raven-haired beauty, he tries to persuade her to leave France with him.
On his way out of the country, he stops at the comtesse's house party out of obligation. Hugh Daventry visits France frequently to import wine for the family business. But when danger closes in, will the viscount stand at her side or save himself? Daventry rescues her, and the two are forced to run for their lives. until her chateau is attacked and her life threatened. When the handsome British lord arrives-two days late-he's full of unnerving tales of unrest and violence in Paris.
Angelette, the recently widowed Comtesse d'Avignon, only invited Viscount Daventry to her country house party as a favor to her sister.
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