A Relentless Rake - (Lords of the Armory) by Anna Harrington (Paperback)

Alexander (Alec) Sinclair, Earl of St James, and Olivia Everett, a schoolmistress. Alec and Captain Nate Reed arrive at the Armory for a pre-dawn meeting with Clayton Elliot, the undersecretary for the Home Office. They’re tasked with finding the men who attempted to assassinate the prime minister. A lone clue points to the name Everett. Olivia manages a school for girls and her brother Henry teaches mathematics there along with taking commissions to review architect’s building plans. Is Henry or Olivia working with the revolutionary opposition group? Known for his gambling, women, and drink, Alec lives his life honestly, and in the last few years, respectably, despite what the gossips say. He’s also intelligent, witty, and somewhat quick to judge others that don’t meet his expectations. Olivia is a proper schoolmistress. She’s brilliant, beautiful, challenging, fearless, and corrects her brother’s equations when he makes errors. Her reputation must be impeccable, or the school will lose its patrons. Alec is determined to find out who Scepter is and stop them from assassinating the PM. With a name of piece of charred paper with the name Everett, he is assigned to tail Henry's every move. Going to a lecture at Royal Society, Alec learns its Olivia who is the matherician not Henry . Now Alec has to work on gaining Olivia's trust to find the truth behind he plot and stop the next disaster from happening. Olivia realized Henry has been keeping secrets from her that could destroy the school's reputation. Helping Alec and Reed to trap the person behind the plot they all have work together to stop the next attack. Henry didn't realize his work was involved in assassination and destruction of the building he was working on calculation. Scepter new assignment was the Waterloo bridge. Henry's past is coming back to haunt him. Knowing Henry would to be controlled. Scepter kidnapped him and destroyed the school to get him to cooperate. Alec, Reed and Olivia raced against time to find the bomb and protect the PM and Regent in time.