{"product_id":"2940013202917","title":"Captives of the Night","description":"Leila Beaumont is a gorgeous and talented portrait painter trapped in a loveless marriage with her profligate husband, Francis. Though long ago, Francis very much played the hero, rescuing and wedding the orphaned 17-year-old Leila - Francis' more recent hedonistic lifestyle of drinking, drugging and womanizing has not only earned him quite a few enemies in London, but lost him the love of his wife.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Francis turns up dead in the Beaumont townhouse, right after a loud and vitriolic argument with his wife, Leila is seen as the primary suspect, innocent though she is. Because of Francis' many enemies and victims, government officials instigate a quiet investigation, many of whom fear fallout from Francis' numerous blackmail and extortion schemes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe man they call on - the sexy blue-eyed Comte d'Esmond - is a man of many talents who has spent the past ten years as one of the government's most trusted covert operatives; a man who also has a dark and treacherous past.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNeither Leila, nor Esmond is especially happy to be working together - their relationship is one of intense attraction accompanied by intense resistance. Leila had long ago given up on the idea of love and saw her husband as a means of propriety in London, but now she finds the dangerous Esmond's seductive charm nearly irresistible.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut work together they must: Esmond, with a carefully hidden identity that would shock Leila to the core and Leila with her own secrets to keep...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt's danger that unites them and it's danger that chains their hearts: Esmond's virility and bold touch enflame Leila's blood...and draw her into the most irresistible intrigue of all...truly passionate love.","brand":"NYLA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47073571406064,"sku":"2940013202917","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013202917_p0.jpg?v=1763578122","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013202917","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}