Lady Edith Wentworth is all that is fashionable in the higher echelons of 1820s English society. Until she learns her brother's secret, which destroys any hope of her retaining her coveted place in society. Humiliated, she flees to Paris. Brought low and destitute, she becomes a school teacher and meets a mysterious and alluring Irishman, Peter O'Sullivan. Private investigator Peter O'Sullivan has been sent by Edith's brother, Lord James Wentworth, to retrieve his sister lest she be hurt by those who know Lord Wentworth's secret.
Despite their prejudices and the betrayal of Peter's lies, their feelings grow as their journey is hampered by Wentworth's foes hunting Edith.
Lady Edith Wentworth is all that is fashionable in the higher echelons of 1820s English society. Until she learns her brother's secret, which destroys any hope of her retaining her coveted place in society. Humiliated, she flees to Paris. Brought low and destitute, she becomes a school teacher and meets a mysterious and alluring Irishman, Peter O'Sullivan. Private investigator Peter O'Sullivan has been sent by Edith's brother, Lord James Wentworth, to retrieve his sister lest she be hurt by those who know Lord Wentworth's secret.
Despite their prejudices and the betrayal of Peter's lies, their feelings grow as their journey is hampered by Wentworth's foes hunting Edith.