Angel's Assassin — Laurel O'Donnell

Damien is an assassin, a man with no home and a tortured past. Sold into slavery as a young boy, he is trained to kill with cold calculation, without remorse. As a reward for his ruthless success, he is given a chance to earn his freedom from his cruel master. One last mission. One final person to slay… Lady Aurora of Acquitaine is the epitome of purity and goodness, beloved by all her people. She lives her life trying to atone for her mother's cruelty by being a fair and just ruler. Secretly she fears that one day her mother's murderer will return for her. When Damien enters Aurora's life, tempting her with promises of dark passion and forbidden desire, he threatens to tear her peaceful world apart with shadowy secrets of his own.