Spies, intrigue, romance and murder - at the Congress of Vienna in 1814.
Octavius Shute, most confidential associate of the British Foreign Minister, has enough on his mind, with the Congress of Vienna about to start, without having to deal with the most aggravating - and utterly irresistible - woman he has ever met, the Countess of Ponferrada. And things only get worse when there is a murder...
Lily Mackenzie Montoya, Countess of Ponferrada is a woman with a murky past and absolutely no interest in affairs of the heart. And Octavius is not exactly the type of man she would be interested in even if she were looking for a lover or a husband. Nevertheless he begins to wear down her defences...
But one of them has an unknown enemy, who will not stop until he has destroyed either of them, or both.