Fortune Favors the Wicked

As a lieutenant in the Royal Navy, Benedict Frost had the respect of every man on board and the adoration of women in every port. When injury ends his naval career, the silver-tongued libertine can hardly stomach the boredom — not after everything, and everyone, he has experienced. Then a new adventure falls into his lap.

When courtesan Charlotte Perry learns the Royal Mint is offering a reward for finding a cache of stolen gold coins, she seizes the chance to build a new life for herself. As the treasure hunt begins, she realizes her tenacity is matched only by Benedict's, and that sometimes adversaries can make the best allies.

But when the search for treasure becomes a discovery of pleasure, the two must decide whether they can sacrifice the lives they have always dreamed of for a love they have never known.

The first book in Theresa Romain's Royal Rewards series, set around the Great Recoinage of 1816.