After almost a year spent playing chaperone to Mr Daventry's female enquiry agents, Miss Trimble knows she must find a new position. All his agents are married, and so what other reason could he have for calling her to his office late at night? Except her employer is a master matchmaker, a man who has discovered her true identity, knows her real name and her darkest secret. A man who leaves her no choice but to confront her past and work alongside his client—the illegitimate son of an earl.

Alexander Grayson believes he knows who killed his brother. But he needs proof and cannot simply barge into a man's home and rummage in his armoire. The perfect solution presents itself in the guise of a woman hiding from her past. But when the lady arrives expecting him to hire her as his enquiry agent, she is stunned to find he has a more shocking proposal.

Can a woman everyone believes is dead overcome her distrust of men?

Will the couple's shared goals lead to more than friendship?