The daughter of scandal, Helena Pryce lives on the fringes of Society, where she fights for social reform and loves from afar an aristocrat known as The Archangel.

Derek Leighton, Earl of Varden, was born into a world of privilege, but his quest for an adventure nearly destroys him. Tormented by failures, thwarted in love, he takes refuge in a rundown castle to lick his wounds and plot his vengeance.

Determined to save him from himself, Helena storms Varden’s castle and urges him to let go his personal unhappiness and use his influence for good causes. She wins him over and they become lovers, but she knows their relationship cannot endure. If ever he discovers who she really is, all will be lost.