London, 1823 — When widowed Baroness Lady Rose Stanford crashes a notorious masquerade in search of a titled husband, she doesn’t expect to kiss a mysterious stranger—or get pulled into a dangerous game of blackmail and murder.
Emerson Whitmore, a self-made merchant, wants nothing to do with the peerage until a cousin’s suspicious disappearance and a damning note thrust him into aristocratic intrigue and into the path of the most irritating and desirable woman he…wishes he’d never met.
Sparks fly and secrets unravel as Rose and Emerson join forces to uncover a killer, protect vulnerable young women, and navigate a society where appearances deceive and love may be the ultimate scandal.
