Just a Little Temptation

Lost children, found family… and a love worth risking everything.

Stephen Siddel has built his life around saving others. As the steadfast owner of a struggling London orphanage, he shoulders the burdens of a failing neighborhood and the fragile hopes of dozens of children who depend on him. Fiercely devoted and quietly respected, Stephen has little room for anything beyond duty—especially not temptation.

Then Max arrives.

Lord Maxwell Hillsboro, the overlooked younger son of a powerful family, is determined to prove he can be more than a title and an afterthought. Drawn to Stephen’s orphanage by whispers from a secretive Brotherhood, Max intends to offer support. Instead, he finds himself captivated—by the children, the cause… and by Stephen himself. What begins as charity quickly becomes something far more dangerous.

When children from both Stephen’s orphanage and a rival Catholic home vanish without a trace, duty gives way to urgency. Forced into an uneasy alliance with the formidable Sister Constance—and aided by the sharp minds of Dandie & Wirth—Stephen and Max are pulled into a shadowy conspiracy far larger than they imagined.

As the search deepens, so does the risk. Because the truth behind the disappearances is darker than either of them is prepared for—and the growing passion between them may cost more than their reputations.

It may cost everything.