<p><b>Featuring gorgeous rich rose sprayed edges in the hardcover edition!<br><br>High heat. Low stakes. Sharp steel.</b><br><br><b>The cozy, low stakes of <i>Legends & Lattes </i>meets the scorching bodyguard fantasy of Jennifer L. Armentrout''s <i>From Blood and Ash</i> in this enemies-to-lovers romance where, yes, the swords do cross.</b><br><br><b>A LitHub most anticipated book of 2024</b><br><br>Mattinesh Jay, dutiful heir to his struggling family business, needs to hire an experienced swordsman to serve as best man for his arranged marriage. Sword-challenge at the ceremony could destroy all hope of restoring his family''s wealth, something that Matti has been trying¿and failing¿to do for the past ten years.<br><br>What he can <i>afford</i>, unfortunately, is part-time con artist and full-time charming menace Luca Piere.<br><br>Luca, for his part, is trying to reinvent himself in a new city. All he wants to do is make some easy money and try to forget the crime he committed in his