The daughter of an eminent scientist, Jane Pitt falls for her father's moody, thoughtful and Werther-obsessed assistant; but her father has other plans, and against her will forces her into a marriage with the pleasant but unappealing clergyman Francis Buckingham. Will she find some means of escape from this compelled marriage, or will she be forever barred from the man who has claim to her heart?

Unusual, sentimental, and often tragic, In The Fire tugs at the reader's heartstrings, while its intriguing duo of leading men grip the reader into a strange and wonderfully unexpected Regency world.