Lord Thomas Brickdale has become a legend amongst the Establishment: devastatingly handsome, mysterious and admired by all, but a man whose heart is known to none, even the woman whose hand he seeks in marriage.

But Rowena has no intention of becoming a pawn in her mother’s ambitious game and will not be coerced into a love-less marriage. Scandalizing Society she escapes to France where, in the shadow of the Guillotine an unknown and sinister threat awaits. She now faces a danger so great it may cost her her life.

As Emma Greenway opens her doors to the city’s gamesters tongues are bound to wag. She left Clifton as plain Emma Johnson, the butcher’s daughter. Now years later she’s returned home only to face the man who stole her heart.

Captain Max Collinson’s heart beats faster when he first sets eyes on Emma, Lady Greenway. Painful memories come flooding back, memories of a passionate ignited beneath an Italian sky, and a love now lost.

A sinister threat hangs over them both for Lord Brookes wants Emma and will not be thwarted in his determination to have her. But Emma has a plan. The plan is simple but it will be a gamble.