Tessa Lorimer never did anything she didn't want to do. That's why it frustrated her to be packed off to London in the care of the highhanded Ross Trevenan. With Ross supposedly hired by her grandfather to protect her, it was never clear just from what or whom he was protecting her. What Tessa doesn't realize is that she holds the key to a long-ago mystery, and that Ross will guard her with his own life if necessary.