Actress Laura Edwards has always concealed her past, but when a London rake tumbles on her secret she finds herself in a new kind of trouble …

A French emigre fallen on hard times, Laura took to the stage to support her struggling family, but now they want her to turn respectable. To keep her hard-won independence, Laura will have to appease her brother, outsmart a vengeful duke … and guard her heart from the care-for-nothing aristocrat who’s her only ally.