Claimed by the Spymaster — Tara Kingston

Russian actress Valentina Baranova travels to England to marry, but the arrangement is definitely not a love match. Betrothed to a cunning and ruthless English lord, she's the sweetener in a deal that will put stolen British documents in Russian hands and curry the czar's favor for her father. Determined to escape her loathsome intended, she flees him -- and promptly falls into the hands of his most bitter enemy. An enemy who stirs her like no other.

Spy for the Crown, Alec Jameson, Lord Carrington, is on a mission -- unmask the traitor responsible for his brother's death before the blackguard can further betray Queen Victoria's empire. Capturing Valentina to use as bait, he spirits her away from London. Despite his efforts to resist the alluring captive he's snatched from his enemy's grasp, Alec claims Valentina in the most carnal way possible. Once the beauty has been in his bed, he wants her for his own. But she must lay siege to a long-untouched part of Alec's existence -- his heart.