Description: Danger seems to follow Lavinia Lake wherever she goes. First her shop in Italy is thoroughly destroyed by a stranger. Then, upon her return to England with her niece, she becomes the target of a blackmailer. When Lavinia goes to confront him, she is stunned to find his murdered body. What's worse, the stranger from Italy catches her at the scene!

His name is Tobias March, and he's a private investigator hired by a secret employer to capture the last surviving member of a criminal gang. The identity of that person is in a diary, now missing but last possessed by Lavinia's blackmailer. She's incensed -- and desperate to find the diary. If the false allegations against her ever became public knowledge, it would ruin her niece's chance at a proper season in London society.

There's only one thing for her to do -- join forces with Tobias, who has already determined her innocent of all shady dealings. Their search leads them all over London, from the grand home of a widowed countess and the smokey rooms of a pub to waxworks museums and a venerable club. For Lavinia and Tobias, what begins as a business arrangement turns to breath-stealing passion even as a ruthless villain watches them, ready to take their lives.

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