Midnight Pleasures With a Scoundrel

In Victorian London, an innocent woman out for revenge meets a detective who tempts her with midnight pleasures.

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 . . .

Desperate for retribution, she stalks London’s shadows with a dagger in her reticule—wholly unprepared for the Scotland Yard detective assigned to uncover her secrets.

Swindler vows to shield his reckless mark from danger—never suspecting how swiftly she will conquer his guarded heart. Between river rides and crowded ballroom waltzes, the street-wise inspector and the determined beauty surrender to midnight pleasures they can no longer resist.

• Romantic Suspense: From harrowing balloon ascents to midnight encounters in Cremorne Gardens, a deadly pursuit of retribution plunges an innocent lady into London’s most dangerous circles.
• Enemies to Lovers: He is a Scotland Yard inspector hired to shadow her, while she sees him only as an obstacle to her vengeance—until a borrowed carriage and sweet rowing excursions reveal the wounded, tender man beneath his rugged scars.
• Found Family: Raised together as orphaned thieves under the kidsman Feagan, a fiercely loyal brotherhood including the Earl of Claybourne and gaming club proprietor Jack Dodger stands ready to protect their own at any cost.
• Forbidden Love: An impoverished country viscount’s daughter and the son of a hanged thief must bridge the vast divide of British high society when an exclusive ball thrusts them into the glittering ton.
• Also by This Author: The Duke and the Lady in Red, Once More, My Darling Rogue and When the Duke Was Wicked.