#1 New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Laurens pulls back again the curtain on a world that is hidden from us . until now.

Montague offers devoted his life to managing the prosperity of London’s top notch, but at a huge cost: a family group of his own. Then your enticing Miss Violet Matcham looks for his help, and in the puzzle she presents him, he finds an intriguing fresh challenge professionally . . . and personally.

Violet, devoted lady-companion to the aging Woman Halstead, converts to Montague to reassure her ladyship that her affairs are to be able. But the well-known Montague is not at all what she’d expected-this man is powerful, decisive, supportive, and strong-everything Violet requirements in a champ, a position to which Montague quickly lays claim.

But Lady Halstead is murdered and Violet and Montague, aided by Barnaby Adair, Inspector Stokes, Penelope, and Griselda, race to expose a cunning and cold-blooded killer who stalks closer and nearer. Will Montague and Violet learn the shocking truth too past due to seize their chance at enduring like?