Miss Jessica Archer flees Brighton. Now she must stop acting like a cake and solve a riddle: How does she escape the murderer who stalks her if the only safe place she can hide is the London townhouse of the lord who once stole her heart—and gave her up? And must she do it—(she shivers)—as his maid? And what is Viscount Rockingham‘s dilemma? Confound it! To save Jess from harm, Charles Reed Sandys-Hough—said Lord R—must promise to conceal her identity as a renowned chef! Plus he must keep his hands and his heart to himself. Yes, long ago, Charlie loved her quite madly. But Jess was the cook’s daughter…and society demanded he abandon her. Fie on them! For each day afterward, he drank a bland brew of duty and disappointment. Now, with this fine chance to sweeten their lives with love, each faces a decision: She, to abandon her successful business? Forgive him? Admit she still loves him? Retire to the country as his mistress and—(oh, my!)—cook for him? He, to defy the ton and marry the only woman whose very smile feeds his soul? Dear me! Will they starve? Or find happiness together from this day forward?