After the darkness of a dungeon in India, artist Josiah
Hastings found that years of imprisonment left his eyesight
weak and failing. So when the fiery beauty of Miss Eleanor
Beckett appears in his vision amidst the bleak grays of a
London winter, he knows he's found his muse and one last
chance at a masterpiece...
Once a spoiled and exultant girl, Eleanor is struggling to
survive in a city where men prey upon her. Saving her from
assault and ruin, Josiah will pay her a fortune to sit for
a painting. To restore her life, Eleanor must risk her
reputation modeling for an artist without a chaperone –and
try not to lose her heart to a man with dark secrets and
unseen enemies…