Gossip swirls around attractive Viscount Rotherby's widow, Deirdre Wilks. Society believes her to be a harsh gold digger with her disreputable household help and her strange comings and goings since her husband's death. She offers no explanations and keeps her background a mystery. When Tristan, the Earl of Ellington, arrives on her doorstep pleading for her assistance in locating his runaway sister, Deirdre freezes, hoping he does not recognize her from eight years ago.

Desperate after receiving no help from Bow Street, Tristan seeks the woman he is told has connections in the London slums, only to be refused. Mere hours have past since his sister's disappearance, when her carpetbag is discovered in a particularly dangerous slum. Fearing for his sister, Tristan prepares to search every hovel until he finds her. Tristan's guilt on his volatile relationship with his rebellious sister weighs heavily on him. He deserted her eight years ago, leaving after the death of their mother. Upon his return, they've fought as he tries to assert control over her activities.

After realizing she cannot let an innocent girl fall into the depravity of the slums, Deirdre consents to help find her. As they're pulled closer together in their search, Deirdre falls in love with Tristan, fearing when her secret is exposed, he will hate her.

Ms. Logan, an RWA Golden Heart winner, spins a tension- filled romance. KISS IN THE DARK is a touching debut sure to please readers.