Laurel Wellington will do anything to get out of the family business. When her father demands she infiltrate the Pinkerton National Detective Agency as a spy to locate an artifact of his interest, she agrees. For her, it's an opportunity for freedom.

Ransom Williams has been a Pinkerton Agent, a man of honor, and loyal to the company for seven years. But those attributes are put to the test when he learns his next assignment includes training and protecting a new female recruit by marrying her.

How can Laurel gain her freedom if Ransom finds out she and her father are the very thieves he's looking for? Can she choose between duty to her father— and duty to her husband? With so many lies between them, how can she possibly continue as a Pinkerton agent?