When Justin, Earl of Linton, found a half-starved child on the streets of Paris in the highly charged days before the Terror, his only thought was a bit of charity. He never imagined he would find an incomparably lovely young woman beneath tattered boys' clothing - or that she would inspire in him a passion more intense than any he had ever known. But the beautiful Danielle had more secrets in store...and Justin would soon learn that one of them was a need for vengeance that might endanger them both.