The Countess in the Arena

Josephine Brown chose a career as a solitary mercenary from a young age: she never made friends, never opened her heart to anyone, and never stayed in one place for long. Only when she became a knife thrower in the Fantastic Farnham Circus did Joe find a place she could call home. And now, it seems, she has found love.

The charming Count Elliot Wingate is handsome, clever, and noble. And he owes his life to Joe, for she saved him from kidnappers. However, Elliot is a spy in the service of the British crown, and he is the last person Joe would want to reveal the secrets of her past to. The girl faces a difficult choice: to run away again or to trust someone with her life for the first time…