She escaped the Terrors and fled to London. But who can she trust – the duke or the commoner? Mariette de Fleury lost everything in a single night when the revolutionaries ransacked her home and murdered her parents. When she flees to London, she discovers that French emigrees are ten-a-penny and she finds herself in the undignified position of having to earn a living, despite her aristocratic background. When Mariette meets Sophie, a childhood friend who married into the ton, her hopes of making a suitable match are re-ignited, especially when Sophie introduces her to a gallant duke. All Mariette need do is maintain an appearance of gentility to secure an offer of marriage. Why, then, does she find herself drawn to the merchant with the kind eyes who has seen her at her most desperate? When it comes to securing her happiness forever, who will be Mariette’s choice?