Lady Arabella Lucia Fairborne has no need for a husband. She has an excellent inheritance for the taking, a perfectly able brain, and a fix as challenging as nails. But what she does not have is the freedom to defy her cousin’s will-and his will is definitely to see her married immediately to the hubby of his choosing. So could it be any question that she dresses herself as a scullery maid and bolts into the night time? Colin Somerville’s current objective for the house office is going poorly. Who would have expected usually for any rakish spy tasked with transporting a baby towards the care of the royal palace? However when Colin, harmed and out of ideas, stumbles upon a lovely maid who knows her method around a sickroom, it seems salvation is here…until he realizes that, although Lucy may be able to help him survive his expedition, he may not get away this ordeal along with his heart intact.