A Precious Jewel

In Regency England, Priscilla Wentworth is left destitute after the deaths of her father and brother and takes work at a fashionable London brothel. Sir Gerald Stapleton, a wealthy and guarded bachelor who visits the establishment, becomes concerned for her safety and arranges for her to become his protected mistress. Their arrangement gradually develops into a deeper emotional bond as both confront class differences, past wounds, and the possibility of marriage.

by Mary Balogh

Dell · First published 1993 · 336 pages