A woman betrayed. Reduced to earning her bread. Bereft of hope. Clarice arrives in Bath to find her services rejected. A stranger insists on coming to her rescue. A French émigré, he recognises her loneliness, poverty and despair. Gervais finds her a post. But an introduction has a startling effect, reviving the hideous past. All is set at risk. Will the growing friendship survive? By the author of the bestselling Lady Fan Mystery series