First time paranormal artefact hunter, Charlotte Everslea, knows all too well what will happen if she doesn’t brave the war-torn Portuguese countryside, to recover this one. What she doesn’t need is a stormy-eyed overprotective redcoat she has to win over, without sharing her dangerous secrets. What she does need to remember is why affairs of the heart are impractical for independent ladies with vocations. Maximillian Bladewood, usually has his orders obeyed, on and off the battlefield. But this petite golden-haired hoyden, challenges both his authority and sanity. Protecting her from Napoleon’s soldiers, guerrilla fighters and thugs might just be his easiest task. This is why being a soldier is safer than letting your heart be snared. As they play a dangerous cat and mouse game with the French army, pursuing kidnappers and guerrilla fighters, Charlotte realises Maximillian is exactly the man she needs, and not just for her mission. Will she risk sharing her deepest secrets with a man she hardly knows? Maximillian learns that love can’t be commanded. Could he risk letting her take his heart?