Gillie Trewlove knows what a strangerâs kindness can mean, having been abandoned on a doorstep as a baby and raised by the woman who found her there. So, when suddenly faced with a soul in need at her doorâor the alleyway by her tavernâGillie doesnât hesitate. But heâs no infant. Heâs a grievously injured, distractingly handsome gentleman who doesnât belong in Whitechapel, much less recuperating in Gillieâs bed . . .
Being left at the altar is humiliating; being rescued from thugs by a womanâalbeit a brave and beautiful oneâis the pièce de rĂŠsistance to the Duke of Thornleyâs extraordinarily bad day. After nursing him back from the brink, Gillie agrees to help him comb Londonâs darker corners for his wayward bride. But every moment together is edged with desire and has Thorne rethinking his choice of wife. Yet Gillie knows the aristocracy would never accept a duchess born in sin. Thorne, however, is determined to prove to her that no obstacle is insurmountable when a duke loves a woman.