Detective Inspector Charlie Peace and his wife, Felicity, are shocked when Felicity's difficult dad suddenly announces that he's moving north to their Yorkshire village. Felicity has never much liked her father, and to have him as a near-neighbor fills her with foreboding -- the boorish old man has always loved to impress the ladies. She doesn't have long to wait, but the news is not what she expects. A body has been found and it looks like murder....

"Lucas Mayfield, the Eighth Earl of Heightford, couldn't be more pleased with the private club that is his brainchild. But when a young courtesan at the club's masquerade appears far too innocent, his suspicions are raised--along with his interest--until her gleaming hair tumbles down and he recognizes her as the Duke of Chatterwood's beautiful daughter. How did the minx even know the place existed? And how has he allowed himself to give in to temptation...