The Bed and the Bachelor (Byrons of Braebourne Book 5)

A scholarly lord falls for an enemy spy in this Regency romance series finale “with plenty of red-hot lust and chilling danger” ( Publishers Weekly ). Lord Drake Byron has no time to worry about taking a wife. He is fully devoted to helping defeat Napoleon’s forces with the unbreakable code he developed. Little does he know that their irresistibly lovely new housekeeper he’s hired is really a French secret agent. Sebastianne Dumont is not at all who she seems to be. Forced to spy in order to save her family, she reluctantly embarks on her mission. And that mission becomes even more dangerous when she falls in love with the devilishly desirable man she must ultimately betray. “Tracey Anne Warren is brilliant!” —New York Times bestselling author Cathy Maxwell “Warren senses what readers desire in their fantasies and gives it to them ten-fold.” —Romantic Times The “mad, bad and dangerous” Byron brothers are back in the fifth book of Tracy Anne Warren’s fabulous Byrons of Braebourne historical romance series. The New York Times and USA Today bestselling author lets brilliant, scholarly, yet still devilishly desirable fourth son, Drake, take center stage in The Bed and the Bachelor, as he tries to crack the code to a mysterious young lady’s heart. This is passion that sizzles ingeniously blended with wonderful wit—a thrilling, sensuous romp that will particularly delight fans of Julia Quinn, Victoria Alexander, Nicole Jordan, and Elizabeth Boyle. Everyone knows the Byron brothers are "mad, bad, and dangerous." But the devilishly desirable fourth son, Drake, is too scholarly to misbehave ... or is he' Lord Drake Byron has no time inhis busy life to worry about taking a wife. He is more interested in the unbreakablecode he has developed to defeat Napoleon'sforces. Little does he know that theirresistibly lovely new housekeeper he'shired is really a French secret agent. Sebastianne Dumont is not at allwho she seems to be. Forced to spy to saveher family, she embarks on a missionthat takes an even more dangerous turnwhen she falls in love with the surprisingly tempting man she must ultimatelybetray. And if she succeeds in her mission, will she also break Lord Drake's heart, while leaving her own behind' When she is forced to spy to save her family, Frenchwoman Sebastianne Dumont poses as a housekeeper and begins working for Lord Drake Byron, but finds herself falling in love with the very man she has been ordered to betray