Lady Phaedra Northampton is considered by everyone to be an old maid - reserved, respectable and dull. It never occurs to anyone that a scandalous, dangerous secret is hidden in this woman’s past... But now Lady Phaedra needs to remember everything that she tried so hard to forget. Her investigation into a mysterious crime takes her to the darkest corners of London. And the only one who can help her is the desperate adventurer Tristan Talbot. At first, Phaedra and Tristan decide to enter into a business alliance. But very soon their forced deal turns into an ardent, frantic passion that could cost them both their lives...