The Pirate I - Devil's Duke, Bk 2.5 Author:Katharine Ashe Years ago, Miss Esme Astell fell hopelessly in love with Charles Brittle, an unassuming and highly respectable London bookmaker. Then he disappeared without a word . . . — The last thing Esme ever dreamed was to meet Charlie again -- In a dark alleyway -- In a drenching rain -- In a chase with the police -- In Scotland. — Can she fall again, this ... more »time for the dangerous scoundrel he’s become?« less