A new tale of passion, intrigue, and romantic pleasures featuring Johanna Lindsey's incomparable Mallory family.
Orphaned as child, Danny grew up on the streets of London as a pickpocket. One night, she is caught attempting to rob handsome rogue Jeremy Mallory. Impressed by her skills, he hires her to steal back jewels lost in a card game, but upon returning to her gang after completing her task, Danny is banished, for she has broken one of their cardinal rules.
Danny turns to Jeremy, demanding a job. Clinging to her dream of becoming respectable, and refusing to be his mistress, she accepts a job as upstairs maid. Danny blossoms under the eye of the housekeeper, but keeps her distance from Jeremy, for he is not the marrying kind.
Begged to attend a ball as Jeremy's love interest and to help him avoid the manipulations of an aggressive young lady, Danny's appearance provokes questions of her true identity - threatening not only her chances of loving Jeremy Mallory, but her life.
