Regency dukes, disinherited aristocrats and a plot to assassinate the Prince Regent create plenty of problems for all the heroes and heroines as they struggle to trust each other in an ever-changing game of love, deceit and treachery.

On the cusp of the industrial revolution in the northern town of Millcastle the old and the new clash both in matters of business and of the heart. Can love flourish among the rush to make a profit?

Join wounded cavalry hero Major Sir Robert Kurland and Lucy Harrington the rector’s eldest daughter as they solve crimes in their quiet little village and gradually learn to appreciate each other.