Zeno finds out Cassie has been followed to France by Fenian dynamiters, just as French rail workers call a strike. He wires her brother, a young inventor, and asks him to motor to Dover in the roadster. They load the automobile onto a steamship and cross the channel. A wild chase ensues from Calais to Paris. Will he get to Paris in time to rescue Cassie from the clutches of Lord Delamere? I suppose you'll just have to wait to read it, won't you?
Book one in the Yard Men Series THE YARD MAN An Affaire with Mr. Kennedy
Zeno Augustus Kennedy is part stoic gentleman and part adventurous Scotland Yard agent. Brilliant, troubled and wildly uninhibited in bed, he is an enigma of the first order. Having lost his mistress, killed in a horrific blast perpetrated by Fenian dynamiters, Zeno has struggled for years to forgive himself for not preventing the bomb attack. Just as the memory of his explosive past begins to ease, the young widow Cassandra St. Cloud moves in next door.
After six months of marriage and nearly three years of mourning, Cassandra is more than ready to purge off her widow's weeds and begin life anew. An artist by temperament as well as training, she is not only eager to paint again, but entertains the idea of a romantic escapade, something discreet but rather daring. Having an amorous and famous detective for a neighbor proves to be more than tempting, especially when her affaire with Mr. Kennedy catapults them both into a perilous adventure.
