Darcie Finch finds herself in such a predicament. Betrayed by circumstance and the one person she should have been able to rely on forever; she is alone and in desperate straits. When a dark-mooded savior swoops down and literally lifts her from the cobbles of Victorian Whitechapel he not only saves her dignity but unwittingly saves her life as well. Doctor Damien Cole provides her with a warm, safe place to live and an honest job to earn her keep. The third occupant of the doctor's carriage is unusual to say the least, but Darcie has been warned to stay out of Cole's business so she weighs the job as a silent maid-of-all-work against the satisfaction of learning about the corpse who shares the cab. Practicality wins out.

I enjoyed reading this book. At first it bothered me that everything had to be resolved before Darcie could trust Damien, but then I realized that this made their relationship more real to me. She didn't just fall into it blindly despite her background. She used the tools earned during her fall to build a foundation of trust from which to light their way into the future.