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One moment Heroine was crawling on all fours, and the next she was flat as a crepe, with a large, heavy, and oddly warm weight on her back. That, however, wasn't nearly so disconcerting as the cold gun pressed up against her ribs.

"Don't move," a voice growled in her ear. A familiar voice.

"Hero?" she croaked.

"Heroine?" Then he uttered a word so foul she'd never heard it before, and she thought she had heard them all from her various guardians.

"The very one," she replied with a gulp, " and I really couldn't move anyway. You're rather heavy."

He rolled off her and pierced her with a stare that was one part disbelief and thirty-one parts unadulterated fury. Heroine found herself wishing it were the other way around. Hero was definitely not a man to cross.

"I am going to kill you," he hissed.

She gulped. "Don't you want to lecture me first?"

He stared at her with a heavy dose of stupefaction. "I take that back," he said with precisely clipped words. "First I am going to strangle you, and then I am going to kill you."

"Here?" she asked doubtfully, looking around. "Won't my dead body look suspicious in the morning?"

"What the hell are you doing here? You had explicit instructions to stay--"

"I know," she whispered urgently, pressing her finger to her lips, "but I remembered something and---"

"I don't care if you remembered the entire second book of the Bible. You were told--"

James put a hand on Hero's shoulder and said, "Hear her out, Hero.'

Funny! I love this book.

It's one of my favorites too!

Nope. I have an idea who the author is....

No idea. And I have a feeling I'll be red faced when I learn who it is.

One line gave it away for me. I've always thought it was a perfect description of a male enraged by a female's refusal to obey instructions. LOL It makes me want to reread the book. It's been a long time since I read it last.

To Catch an Heiress by Julia Quinn is the answer. It's one of my favorites by her.

Wow. I've read it too, but had no idea. This one went together with How To Marry a Marquis didn't it? James from the quote is the hero in that book. Good one. It's been a long time since I've pick those two up. You're right, Janga, time for a re-read :)

Yep. It's been decades since I've read it. Guess it is time for a re-read!

Yes, this is the first book and To Marry a Marquis is the second. I got caught up in rereading some of it when was I was looking for a blurb. I might have to sit down and reread them both cover to cover myself. Love them.

Good one, Kasey! I love this one! :)