What if the life you’re working so hard for is quietly passing you by?Modern life has taught us a dangerous equation: busier means better. Longer hours mean success. Constant productivity means worth. We wear exhaustion like a badge of honor and call it ambition. We answer emails late at night, postpone vacations, and promise ourselves we’ll slow down “after this project,” “after this promotion,” “after things settle.”But things rarely settle.And one day, you look u...

A scoundrel haunted by scandal…After being wounded in the Peninsular War, Captain Desford Cardros returns home with plans for revenge against the man who swore Cardros stole the legendary family gem, the Cardros Ruby. That man is his brother. But an injured rider—and his beautiful sister—pull Cardros into their more pressing problems; someone seems set on murdering young Lord Seaford. Caught up with the lovely Helena's schemes to catch a murderer, Cardros can't res...