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Sebastian Cynster is aware of time is running out. If he doesn't choose a better half soon, his female relatives will fall into line to aid him. The current debutantes do not appeal. Where is he to find the right female to be his marchioness? Then Drake Varisey, eldest boy of the Duke of Wolverstone, asks for Sebastian's aid. Having assumed his father's mantle in protecting queen and country, Drake must go to Ireland in pursuit of a dangerous storyline. But he's received an urgent missive from Lord Ennis, an Irish peer - Ennis has listened to something Drake must know and insists Drake enroll in the next house party at his Kent property so they can disclose his information face-to-face. Sebastian has assisted Drake before and, long ago, acquired a liaison with Female Ennis. Drake insists Sebastian is just the person to be his surrogate at the house party - the guests will envision all types of possibilities and become blind to Sebastian's true purpose. Unsurprisingly, Sebastian is hesitant, but Drake's need is real. And with only more debutantes on his horizon, Sebastian allows himself to be persuaded. His first activity is to inveigle Antonia Rawlings, a female he has known all her life, to add him as her escort to the house party. Although he's seen little of Antonia in recent years, Sebastian is self-confident of gaining her support. Eldest daughter of the Earl of Chillingworth, Antonia has forgotten the search for a husband and plans to make use of the week of the house party to choose what to do with her life. There has to be some purpose, some role, she can declare for her own. Consequently, on experiencing Sebastian's need and a conclusion of what sits behind it, she seizes on the decision to action. Suppressing her senses' idiotic a reaction to Sebastian's nearness, she agrees to be his partner in intrigue. But while becoming a member of the house party proves easy, the gathering is thrown into chaos when Lord Ennis is murdered - just before he was to speak with Sebastian. Worse, Ennis's previous words, gasped to Sebastian, are "Gunpowder. Here." Gunpowder? And here? Where? Using a killer continuing to stalk the halls, side by side Sebastian and Antonia search for answers, and all the while the childhood interconnection that has always existed between them strengthens and blooms into something a lot more.
