Skilled cook for a noble family in London, Kat Holloway never seems to be far from scandal. When her employer, Lady Cynthia, asks Kat to help her dear friend from a devious plot involving stolen antiques, Kat is hesitant but knows Cynthia would only come to her if she were truly desperate. But without any leads to prove her friend's innocence, Kat and Cynthia are unsure of how to proceed without implicating themselves and their household in yet another scandal.

Kat turns to the dashing Daniel McAdam, who is always one step ahead of the police. Already working in a pawn shop where some of the missing antiques have turned up, Daniel is forced into hiding when a murdered body is discovered there, and he's a suspect. Kat, Cynthia, and the rest of London society are worried more priceless artifacts will be stolen... and more people will wind up dead.