Let’s face it. Some sections of London in the early 1800s were not nice places. St. Giles was one such section.  

Devon St. James was in a terrible fix. Her landlord had just raised her rent for the tiny room where she lived, and she did not have enough to pay it. To add to her problems, she was accosted by two brothers, scum of St. Giles, who tried to seize her purse and the necklace she had inherited from her mother. In fighting them off, one of the brothers was killed, and Devon was left lying in the street.  

Coming on the sight of a young lady lying in the street, Sebastian Sterling, marquess of Thurston, finds she is not dead and decides to take her to his house to tend to her wounds. During her recovery, Sebastian is struck by her beauty and decides she has the ability to learn how to join society. 

What is the history of the necklace? Is Devon descended from nobility? I couldn’t put my finger on it, but there seemed to be something of a surprise waiting for Devon. Lovers of historical romances will want to add this book to their shelves.