First published 2012
Winter Makepeace runs a home for abandoned children in the slums of St. Giles, maintaining strict discipline and order among his young charges. When darkness falls, he transforms into the Ghost of St. Giles, a masked vigilante who protects the vulnerable and punishes the corrupt. After a brutal fight leaves him injured, Lady Isabel Beckinhall discovers and rescues the mysterious Ghost. Isabel finds herself drawn into an unlikely arrangement when she agrees to teach the stern headmaster the social graces he needs to move in aristocratic circles. She cannot understand why Winter's eyes remind her so strongly of her wounded rescuer, or why she feels such attraction to a man who seems her complete opposite. As Isabel and Winter spar during their lessons, their mutual desire grows stronger. But when young girls begin vanishing from the dangerous streets of St. Giles, Winter must hunt down the predator responsible. His quest for justice threatens to destroy everything he has built, including his chance at love with Isabel.
Genres: romance, historical-fiction, adventure, 19th-century
Vibes: atmospheric, emotional, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: St. Giles
Period: 19th-century
400 pages · ebook · Grand Central Publishing