Danger, desire and adventure are all part of the romantic mix in Stephanie Laurens' Temptation and Surrender. Emily Beauregard is a woman with a very full agenda. She needs to find a job to provide for her orphaned siblings and herself, but at the same time, she is also looking to recover a lost family treasure.

In an attempt to achieve both goals, Emily takes a job as an inn manager in the Devon village where she hopes a cryptic rhyme handed down in her family for generations will lead her to a great fortune and give her financial security.

Hired by Jonas Tallent, a gentleman whose father owns the faltering inn, Emily must overcome her employer's initial reservations and prove that she is a capable manager. As the winsome young woman quickly proves she can resurrect the business, Emily not only captures Jonas' respect but also his heart.

As their "business" relationship becomes more personal, the couple work together to unravel the clues which will lead Emily to the wealth that has eluded her ancestors.  Unfortunately, the new inn manager isn't the only person in the village who hopes to uncover the ancient treasure trove and the closer she gets, the more precarious her position becomes.

The 17th adventure in the "Cynster" series (Jonas Tallent is Lucifer Cynster's brother-in-law), Temptation and Surrender has all the elements that have made this long-running family epic so attractive to so many readers.

Once the head of a cancer research lab in Australia, Stephanie Laurens carved a new niche for herself when she decided to turn an avocation into a new career. With over 20 titles to her credit already, she has become one of the major authors of Regency romances. It is very unlikely her legion of fans across the globe would ever forgive the mother of two daughters if she elected to return to her laboratory!