“He was my last dance, and it is already over”

At thirty years old, Delilah Vale attends the Blackhaven assembly room ball for only one reason—to enjoy a symbolic final waltz before embracing spinsterhood and an independent career as a translator and secretary. Lord Linfield, distinguished diplomat, handsome, graceful, and charming, is the perfect partner.

Unfortunately, Linfield is there for an entirely different reason—to reel in the traitor who is leading one of Britain’s allies to assassination.

Neither expects to be quite so fascinated by the other. Or so mistaken…