Hither, Page (Page & Sommers, #1)

by Cat Sebastian

“I really do think that if somebody goes around doing blackmail, they know perfectly well they might get murdered,” Mary said. “I can’t get too exercised about it.

“Just promise me, if you start to look at me and think of all the things that wake you up at night, send me packing, all right?” “Fine,” James said instantly. “It’s a deal. But consider this. If the old lady who’s been giving me tea and biscuits for twenty-five years is a trained assassin, I suppose I might like assassins after all. I might have very positive and warm associations with assassins.” He gave Leo a smile that barely moved the edges of his mouth but was enough to make James’s heart nearly stop. “I might like them very much indeed.”