Eliza Summersby does what she must to survive. Caught red-handed picking the pocket of a Piccadilly toff, she knows to beat a hasty retreat. But when Eliza slips into a passing carriage, the clever thief comes face to face with a mysterious stranger.

Sir Mark van Bergen knows a thing or two about taking risks. After all, one doesn't become the youngest director of the Bank of England by playing it safe, yet faced with harboring a petty criminal, Mark must make a decision that could change both their lives—will he be Eliza's refuge or her one-way trip to Scotland Yard?