Countess in the Arena

Josephine Brown chose a career as a solitary mercenary from a young age: she never made friends, never revealed her heart to anyone, and never lingered long anywhere. It was only when she became a knife thrower in the Fantastic Farnham Circus that Jo found a place she could call home. And now, it seems, she has found love. The charming Count Elliot Wingate is handsome, intelligent, and noble. Moreover, he owes Jo his life, as she saved him from kidnappers. But Elliot is a spy in the service of the British crown, and he is the last person Jo would want to reveal the secrets of her past to. The young woman faces a difficult choice: to run away once more or to trust someone with her life for the first time…