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Gray Dalton, the Marquess of Blackburn, awakens in a dark London cell staring down a gun barrel. Devon Caravelle, alleged mistress of a deadly French aristocrat, has been sent to ensure Blackburn's cooperation in a secret plot to unlock the mysteries buried within Beethoven's Third Symphony, the Eroica. It's terribly convenient and just as Blackburn planned. And taking the lady hostage is - if not terribly gentlemanly - not very difficult. Resisting her dangerous allure, on the other hand, is. Suddenly, the man famed for his cold-blooded control, wants a woman fiercely, wildly, forever...
Devon Caravelle has loved two things in her life: music and her father. She would do anything to discover his murderer and clear his name, even if it means forcing the contemptuous, debauched Marquess to her aid. But when he turns the tables and takes her prisoner, she is not prepared for his skillful seduction or her white-hot response...
It was supposed to be a seduction each side intended to win easily. Instead the first spark unleashes an untamed passion in a game where all rules are forfeit and every move brings them closer to an unspeakable danger...
Behind the Scenes
Listen to Beethoven's Symphony #3, the Eroica, courtesy of NPR.org.
Learn more about Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata, courtesy of Wikipedia.
Read more about the intrigue behind the composition of the Eroica and its connection to Napoleon.
Broadwood Pianos are still in production today. Thomas Broadwood, touring Europe after the Napoleonic Wars, visited Beethoven in Vienna, and in 1818 sent him a six octave grand, triple stringed, now in the National Museum of Hungary, Budapest. It was later owned by Liszt.
