Cassie Lawrence has twice found herself falling into the arms of Lucian Franklin, Earl of Radcliffe - in the year 1807. As though loving a Georgian nobleman isn't hard enough for a modern woman, Cassie's arrival seems to coincide with mayhem and murder - and this third adventure into the past is no different. Who killed the inn keeper - and was he a blackmailer who held the secret of the parentage of Luc's enigmatic henchman, Garrick? There is no shortage of suspects for the murder, from doctors to vicars, vengeful widows and apparently respectable gentleman.
But, murder aside, does Garrick really want to discover who his father is - when it might turn out to be someone very close indeed to Lucian? Cassie does her best to apply her training as a volunteer Special Constable to the crime scene - distracted by the burgeoning romances of two of her favourite people and her own, seemingly hopeless, love for Luc.