Madeleine Bouchard is on the run. She flees from her abusive husband in the dead of night. She hopes to make it to London and board a ship to France that will take her back to her family. She plans on putting as many miles between her and her husband as she can while it’s still dark when fate intervenes. Lord Garrett Montayne and his friend are also on the road to London in the wee hours of the morning when they see a woman walking alone. When they ride up on her, she goes into survival mode.When asked who she is, she can’t use her name as these men could be…

New York society in the 1850’s, expects women to find a good husband, set up a functional home, and of course….have children. But Rosemary Fitzpatrick has other plans, the last thing she is interested in is entering society and beginning the great husband hunt! Rosemary has other ambitions which include writing the popular Harry Hawk dime novels. But it’s an age that frowns upon female writers and thus Rosemary writes as the gender generic, F.P. Elliott. Well the head of the publishing company sends his son, Henry Cooper, to meet this F.P. Elliott along with the other authors of the publishing company. Rosemary is totally captivated by his good looks and charm, and…