A Secret Surrender: 1 (Pretenders)

A survivor of the mean streets of Londons East End Selina Blackwell has learned to be a chameleon and in her current iteration as a fortune-teller shes able to provide a Season for her sister. Only Madame Sybila cant be a chaperone so Selina takes on another identity as the proper Lady Gresham. But when a Bow Street Runner takes too much of an interest in her business it seems the crimes of her past will finally come to light.Determined to prove that Madame Sybila is a fraud bent on fleecing Londons elite Harry Sheffield enlists the help of the alluring Lady Gresham in exchange for introducing her to Societys best. With his busy career and aspirations for the future Harry has no time for marriage but an affair is just right-until he discovers the ladys disarming secret. Whatever his feelings for her he cant ignore who she is and who shes been. And when she holds the key to the one case he couldnt solve he must choose justice or love.