The Earl and the Silversmith - can they defy convention for love?

Gerald Dersingham, the new Earl of Carbrooke, is captivated by the woman who storms into his house demanding an explanation for a letter he had no idea he sent.

After recently inheriting the earldom, Gerald has a new life to forge for himself and his sisters. About to become betrothed to the icy daughter of a duke, the vibrant, alluring Annie captivates his heart. But if he gives in to his desires, he risks a happy ending for his sisters, and they deserve their chance.

Annie Cathcart is a widow from the City of London. Finally she has the chance to achieve her dream of creating silverware of her own. But she needs Gerald's old Shoreditch home to do it. Expecting a stuffy, pompous aristocrat she meets a man who sees right through her practical exterior to the passionate woman beneath. She wants him more than the house, her respectability and her independence.

Annie and Gerald are faced with stark choices. Either they give in to the pressures forcing them into unhappy respectability apart, or they boldly defy convention in the name of love.