Someone is out to kill Gavin Carstairs, the Marquis of Falkirk, and his young son, but he cannot figure out who or why. He takes refuge at Hartland Abbey, the isolated country home of his friend, the Duke of Devon, while sorting it out. But all is not as it seems at Hartland Abbey either. Taffy, the maid assigned to attend to his quarters, is temptation itself, and one thing is for certain, she is no maid.

Who is Taffy Ralston? And why is his heart, and his son, telling him to trust her?