The Love of the Lion
Gray, Angela
SHE MADE THE JOURNEY FROM INNOCENCE ...
Aimee Gaudin knew too many state secrets. To silence her, she was sold into steerage as an indentured servant on a ship bound for Mexico. But by the time the ship docked, Aimee had disappeared ... only to reappear as Angela, niece of the fabulously wealthy Mexican who died aboard the ship, leaving his "niece" as sole heir and head of his estate.

TO BECOME THE FAVORED MISTRESS OF THE EMPEROR....
Fierce Maximilian, the Hapsburg, sat boldly astride a throne in Mexico amidst revolutionary turmoil, and the only person who soothed him, the only person able to still his mighty roar, was Aimee....

There, her desire flowered in the dangerous world between her past and her present -- where only Maximilian's powerful pride stood between her and the firing squad -- where her life depended on keeping ...THE LOVE OF THE LION