Years ago, Miss Esme Astell fell hopelessly in love with Charles Brittle, an unassuming and highly respectable London bookmaker. Then he disappeared without a word. The last thing Esme ever dreamed was to meet Charlie again—In a dark alleyway—In a drenching rain—In a chase with the police—In Scotland. Can she resist falling again, this time for the dangerous scoundrel he’s become?