Tainted by scandal, Margaret Winslow is desperate to escape the parish that cages her. So she seizes the only position left to her. Becoming secretary to a man cloaked in shadow.

Captain Benedict Merrick is London’s most celebrated war hero, scarred by battles no one dares to name. Worshipped and feared, he needs more than a secretary. He needs someone to carry the weight of his secrets. In the hush of the darkness he hides in, Margaret learns that service to him is no mere employment. What begins behind a closed door becomes something neither of them can contain. And yet the one secret he refuses to give her may be the only one that matters.