Paris, July 1789
When Melusine de Gilocourt returns to Paris, eight months after the death of her husband, she is determined to make an independent life for herself. Her first task is to choose a new footman.
From the moment she meets the man calling himself Pierre Dumont, Melusine realises he is no ordinary servant. What she doesn't know is that he is an English nobleman in Paris hunting for a blackmailer, and all the evidence suggests she is the guilty party.
But despite the secrets they are both keeping, neither can deny the compelling attraction sizzling between them.