Every seam hides a secret; every valentine reveals the truth.
When Margaret Cooper departs the slums of East London for an apprenticeship in a quiet market town, she topples the established order—and no one feels it more than Peter Sloan, the handsome tailor forced to teach her his trade.
Margaret is steeled to prove her worth in a man’s world and has no leisure for courtship.
But when anonymous Valentines begin to arrive—each with gifts and words that pierce the very secrets of her heart—she feels truly known for the first time.
If only she could unmask the hand that distracts her from her aspirations. Burdened by a failing business and an ill father, Peter has no patience for a female apprentice who upends his orderly life.
Yet through a reckless wager, he finds himself sending Valentines to none other than Miss Cooper. What begins as halfhearted duty blossoms into admiration—and dangerous longing.
