Venice 1590

Under the guise of Adam, at Doge Pasquale’s masquerade ball, Nicolas—a French agent—cavorts with a delightful wench, alias Eve, and then has her followed, with the intention of learning her identity.
He offers to pay the over inflated price of one thousand ducats—the cost of her father’s freedom from a debtors jail in London—and her rent for one year, in return for her services for the period of two months.
Guilt ridden, Lucinda swallows her pride and accepts Nicolas’s offer, not once making the connection that he and Adam are the same man.
She finds that he is not the arrogant beast that she initially imagined him to be and fears her growing affection for him, knowing that to fall in love with him would only end in heartbreak.
Will she be able forgive him once she discovers his deception? Will they part company after their time is over, or will they realize that their insatiable attraction to each other is more than mere lust?

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