"Why, Lo?" he asked, trying to catch her eyes which she had firmly planted on the napkin she was still fiddling with. "Why what?" she knew exactly what he was asking but she definitely didn't want to answer him. "Why did you run away? Why do you run away every time?" he asked, sounding stressed, "am I reading you wrong? Is it that you don't like me?" "Of course not," she snapped. "Then what's the answer?" he pressed, "what happened to you that makes you so afraid?" A look of deep pain entered her eyes. He could see it even if she wasn't looking at him. Her mouth was turned down in a frown and she had little stress marks beside her lips. "I don't want to talk about it," she finally replied. He sighed, "I really like you, Lo. In fact, I'm falling in love with you. And I know you like me to. We both know it."

British business mogul Rikkard Ambrose has departed London to face his arch-rival in a deadly game of espionage and intrigue at the Royal Court of France, leaving his lady love behind to knit socks and twiddle her thumbs. Left behind alone? That is not something Lilly Linton is willing to put up with! Determined to show her boss who's boss, she embarks on her most dangerous adventure yet, armed with the most powerful weapon of all: love-and, just in case, her trusted revolver. The 5th volume of Robert Thier's award-winning Storm and Silence series.