The Duke Identity. Game of Dukes, #1

He's a policeman on a hunt for justice. She's a proud daughter of the London criminal underworld. Danger brings them together...and desire binds them in this steamy enemies to lovers romance. Winner of the Daphne du Maurier Award for Excellence in Mystery & SuspenseNational Excellence in Romance Fiction Award Finalist Shattered by betrayal, former scholar Harry Kent has made a new life for himself as a policeman.
Sent on a dangerous covert mission, he must protect a clever and wicked beauty who specializes in disguises and mischief. She stands for everything he scorns--and seduces him with every look of her innocent eyes... A princess of London's criminal underworld, Tessa Todd wants to defend her family against cutthroat enemies. Her powerful grandfather, however, insists upon keeping her under lock and key.
When she is assigned a stoic and damnably handsome new bodyguard, she resists his dominant ways--and a passionate war of wills begins... Thrown together by crisis, Harry and Tessa will test the bounds of desire, loyalty, and trust. On the run from their foes and from their own hearts, they must find salvation in each other-before time runs out. "This book had it all: drama, laughter and a few tears as well.  The chemistry between Harry and Tessa just sizzled off the pages." -Boonies123 Book Review "I LOVED this book! It took me back to a Johanna Lindsey novel. What a fantastic idea to turn the Regency genre on its head and do an "underworld" take on it.
Talk about original!" -Daphne du Maurier Award Adjudicator GAME OF DUKESThe Duke IdentityEnter the DukeRegarding the DukeThe Duke RedemptionThe Return of the DukeSteamy Winter Wishes (A Holiday Short Story)