To Outsmart an Archduke

"In the game of high treason, love is the most dangerous calculation."

Lady Agatha Clarisse Brevvy doesn't care for the mindless gossip of the court. With a mind forged for military strategy and a stubborn streak that rivals the kingdom's greatest generals, she prefers the quiet solace of a tactical map over the swirling vortex of the ballroom.

But when Agatha accidentally uncovers a coded ledger detailing a treasonous plot to supply the enemy Kingdom of Veridian, her quiet world shatters. Her chief suspect? Archduke Kaelen Thorne, the formidable, cold, and infuriatingly attractive "Iron Archduke" of the North.

Convinced he is the mastermind, Agatha flees the capital, only to walk straight into a trap. When the Iron Archduke himself executes a daring rescue to pull her from the jaws of the enemy, Agatha realizes two things: she was completely wrong about Kaelen Thorne, and she's now trapped in a brutal, winter-bound war zone with the only man whose intellect is a match for her own.

To survive the coming invasion, the strategist and the general must combine their wits. But as their initial mutual hatred turns into a burning, irresistible friction, Agatha realizes that outsmarting the enemy is easy-it's outsmarting her own heart that might get her killed.