The Lion's Mouse

Roger Sands has built his life around being untouchable. A corporation lawyer with steel-gray eyes, a jaw like a blade, and a reputation for leaving witnesses trembling, he boards the Santa Fé Limited believing his armor impenetrable. Then a woman appears at his door, young and desperate, fleeing something she won't name. "Oh, do help me," she says. And something inside Roger, something he'd long since buried, refuses to say no. He agrees to hide Beverley White in his stateroom, to pose as her cousin, to pretend the danger isn't real. But the danger is real, and as the train cuts through the darkness toward New York, Roger finds himself tangled in a mystery that threatens everything he thought he knew about himself. What begins as an act of protection becomes something far more dangerous: a question of whether a man made of iron can learn to feel without breaking. Williamson writes with sharp wit and genuine heat, crafting a romance that feels both of its time and startlingly modern in its emotional urgency.