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Pleasingly subversiveNew York Times Book Review

A forbidden love between a Mexican heiress and a shrewd British politician makes for a tantalizing Victorian season

Ana Mara Luna Valds has strived to be the perfect daughter the perfect niece and the perfect representative of the powerful Luna family So when Ana Mara is secretly sent to London with her sisters to seek refuge from the French occupation of Mexico she experiences her first taste of freedom far from the judgmental eyes of her domineering father If only she could ignore the piercing looks she receives across ballroom floors from the austere Mr Fox

Gideon Fox elevated himself from the London gutters by chasing his burning desire for more more opportunities more choices For everyone Now as a member of Parliament Gideon is on the cusp of securing the votes he needs to put forth a measure to abolish the Atlantic slave trade once and for alla cause that is close to his heart as the grandson of a formerly enslaved woman The charmingly vexing Ana Mara is a distraction he must ignore

But when Ana Mara finds herself in the crosshairs of a nefarious nobleman with his own political agenda Gideon knows he must offer his hand as protection but will this Mexican heiress win his heart as well