When Gabriella reunites a lost boy with his father, Adam Drake, Earl of Lancaster, insists on rewarding her with a London Season. The earl's own keen intelligence and sensual good looks arouse Gabriella's interest. Yet Adam's secret life as a spy would soon put her life in jeopardy, and put their love to the most perilous test of all!
The unusual Gabriella Spencer finds a 5-year-old boy - Will Drake, son of the Earl of Lancaster - in her London yard. She returns him to his father. When he offers a 10,000 pound reward she turns it down, but her father accepts a London season for her instead. She doesn't fit in because of her intelligence and independence, but Adam and Will fall for her hard and vice versa. His life as a government spy comes between them but all works out even though she's pregnant.