In the midst of squalor and despair, an act of kindness sparks a flame of love and brings a young pickpocket into the arms of a handsome, determined young architect.They were from two different worlds in the same sphere. Garrick Seton was a rising young architect who lived among elegant people of wealth, in an era of opulence, beauty and social poise. Dawn Leighton was from the underworld of thieves, gamblers and rogues; those who pursued boisterous pleasure and preyed on the “rich pickings” the wealthy flaunted. Despite her circumstances, however, she knew it was not forbidden by law to dream of bettering herself. Because of her high aspirations, the others scoffed at her and called her “Lady Rogue”.Garrick Seton was scornful of such a self-centered society and of the shallow people who were his peers. He was bored, that is until he opened his carriage door to a frightened and lovely young woman in flight from the law. She insisted that she did not steal the purse that fell from her tattered pockets onto the floor of his carriage. Beguiled by the innocence he read in her lovely green eyes, he shielded her and kept her from the cruel fate of Newgate Prison.Despite the hope of a new beginning and the dream of love, however, savage treacheries threaten to shatter their dreams and break the heart of a lady……