Gillie Trewlove knows what a stranger's 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 door--or the
alleyway by her tavern--Gillie doesn't hesitate. But he's no infant.
He's a grievously injured, distractingly handsome gentleman who doesn't
belong in Whitechapel, much less recuperating in Gillie's bed . . .
Being left at the altar is humiliating; being rescued from thugs by a
woman--albeit a brave and beautiful one--is the pièce de résistance to
the Duke of Thornley's extraordinarily bad day. After nursing him back
from the brink, Gillie agrees to help him comb London's 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.