The Lady and the Pauper — Tammy Jo Burns

Lady Bridget Patterson has spent the majority of her life living up to her family's scandalous reputation and thumbing her nose at society. Well, and truly, on the shelf, she has given up all hopes of finding a man that meets all of her requirements and has resigned herself to becoming a nun and working with the poor. Until she sees him…

Earl Augustus St. Clair is practically a pauper and one of the most brilliant Principal Officers, Bow Street Runner's, London has ever seen. But when someone begins abducting women off the street, he will have to go undercover to ferret out the person responsible. He has worked undercover before, but never as a member of London's elite society -- the beau monde. With the support of a duke, he expects to go in, infiltrate and apprehend the men responsible, and return to his job. Easy enough, until he sees her…

Gus and Bridget's lives quickly become entwined and she is falling in love with a man she believes to be everything she ever dreamed of in the perfect man, when in reality he is none of those things. Bridget puts her own life on the line when her chaperone is kidnapped. Will Gus be able to save her from the kidnapper? Will he be able to convince her she does know him, despite the lie he lived? But most importantly will he be able to save her from herself and prove to her that she is worthy of everlasting love?