Melinda Havilard, Countess of Bellevue, is finally a free woman after her wastrel husband does the decent thing and dies in a carriage accident, albeit found in a compromising position with his madam mistress. The newly minted widow may be swathed in scandal but at least she will finally gain back her family home. After scrimping and working for years, Jack Smith, aka the notorious crime lord Seven Dials Jack, is this close to owning the city’s premiere pleasure house. There’s only one intriguing and beautiful woman standing in his way. The battle begins and the sparks fly, but when Jack’s business partner turns up dead at the hands of a high society member with ties to Melinda’s deceased husband, the two are thrust together to investigate a murder with more twists and turns than a London back alley at midnight.