Smugglers, conspiracy, treason, and an assassination plot. There is plenty happening in East Sussex to keep a spy busy, but it is a red-haired lass that has captured Rory’s attention. He cannot stop thinking of Miss Crate. However, winning a smile from the stern maid is proving harder than he’d expected. No matter. Rory is prepared to launch a courtship as unconventional as Martha Crate herself. A courtship so enticing that she cannot resist giving him her heart… and the rest of her as well.