The Deepest Edge — Jessica Hall

Growing up on the streets of New Orleans has given Valence St. Charles nerves of steel--sharp enough to risk her reputation and her life sneaking into the Parisian compound of the reclusive T'ang Jian-Shan. But the art curator will stop at nothing to get Jian-Shan's approval to lend his priceless Asian sword collection to her museum.

When Val inadvertently saves Jian-Shan and his daughter from a killer's dagger, she finds herself under his unwanted protection. For Jian-Shan's possession of the legendary swords has made him the target of his own father's powerful Chinese tong. Caught between the tong's assassins and government agents, Jian-Shan and Val have nowhere to turn but towards each other, as each clash of wills threatens to erupt in a moment of searing heat--and blinding passion...