Gillie Trewlove knows what a strangerās 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 doorāor the alleyway by her tavernāGillie doesnāt hesitate. But heās no infant. Heās a grievously injured, distractingly handsome gentleman who doesnāt belong in Whitechapel, much less recuperating in Gillieās bed . . .
Being left at the altar is humiliating; being rescued from thugs by a womanāalbeit a brave and beautiful oneāis the piĆØce de rĆ©sistance to the Duke of Thornleyās extraordinarily bad day. After nursing him back from the brink, Gillie agrees to help him comb Londonās 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.