When her cousin Rachel disappears, Sarah Callaway fears the worst and begins a frantic search for the woman who's her only living relative. Sarah enlists the aid of Guy Devoran on the strength that he and Rachel were friends of a sort, and Rachel has written to her that he's an honest and honorable man. What Sarah doesn't know is that Guy and Rachel were much more than friends and that he's already launched a search for Rachel himself. A search that ended months earlier in complete failure.

Now, with Sarah at his side, Guy pours himself once more into finding Rachel, the elusive woman he fancied himself in love with all those months ago. Guy is sure that Rachel is in hiding and tries to convince Sarah that her cousin is not the innocent Sarah insists she is. As time goes by, Guy realizes it's Sarah who he wants, Sarah he loves. Having never been honest about his previous affair with her cousin, Guy isn't about to spill his secrets now. Sarah knows Guy is keeping something from her but can't begin to guess what it is.

Their search takes them from the ballrooms of London to the British countryside with the two of them fighting their growing attraction every step of the way. Slowly the intrigues and deceptions of Rachel, the woman they both dearly loved, come to light. But there's someone else searching for Rachel; someone who isn't so anxious to have her found and see her secrets brought to light; someone who'll see them all greet the dark forever long before they have any chance for their happy ending.

Although Ross writes genre fiction, her stories are so much more. A master at immersing her readers, as well as her characters, in her historical background, Ross has a real sense of time and place. CLANDESTINE, while sensual and elegant, is a character driven adventure that never lets its secrets slip until the final reveal.