It's 1899, and American heiress Mattie Bright is too modern for her own good.┬а┬аMattie would love to spend her days racing through town in her motorcar. Instead she's in London looking for a husband whose lineage will make her fortune respectable. The only interesting man Mattie has encountered is the handsome Lord Cheyne Tennant--and they've been at war from the moment they met!
No one knows that Cheyne is working with Scotland Yard to catch a blackmailer plaguing London's wealthiest aristocrats. He'll need a daring young woman to help capture the culprit--but no gilded English lily will do. Mattie, with hair black as midnight and a fearless soul to match, is just perfect.┬а┬аBut Cheyne doesn't know just how far Mattie will go to find the adventure she craves.┬а┬аAnd when he finally realizes how much she means to him, it may be too late to protect her....