Elizabeth Hoyt

"He lives in the shadows. As the mysterious masked avenger known as the Ghost of St. Giles, Godric St. John's only goal is to protect the innocent of London. Until the night he confronts a fearless young lady pointing a pistol at his head--and realizes she is his wife . . . Lady Margaret Reading has vowed to kill the Ghost of St. Giles--the man who murdered her one true love. Returning to London, and to the man she hasn't seen since their wedding...

Frugal Eve Dinwoody, who controls the purse strings of London's premier pleasure garden, meets her match in Asa Makepeace, the garden's owner, who refuses to let her order him around despite their mutual attraction.

When Alf, who disguises herself as a boy and deals out noctural justice as the vigilante Ghost of St. Giles, saves the life of the Duke of Kyle, he hires her to investigate the notorious Lords of Chaos, threatening her deception.

When he offers the Duke of Windemere's niece, Messalina Greycourt, a devil's bargain to avoid an arranged marriage, Gideon Hawthorne, who has performed the Duke's dirty work for years, finally has the chance to win her affections.