Hoping for news of her missing father, Lucy Barnstable admits a stranger to her London boarding house. He is the most handsome man she has ever seen - and so badly wounded he cannot remember his own name. But in his possession is an ancient stone seal that matches one owned by her father. Irresistibly bound to this mysterious stranger, Lucy finds herself swept into a search that leads to a legendary diamond - and a secret involving Queen Victoria herself. Then Lucy discovers his true identity, and suddenly they are a woman and a man hurtling toward an explosive clash of destinies... and a passionate joining of two desperately yearning hearts...
