Where the heart leads
(Book)

Genealogy chart on endpapers.

Penelope Ashford, Portia Cynster's younger sister, has grown up with every advantage - wealth, position adn beauty. Yet Penelope is anything but a pretty face in a satin gown - forceful, willful and blunt to a fault, she has for years devoted her considerable energy and intelligence to caring for the forgotten orphans of London's sooty and seamier streets. But now her charges are mysteriously disappearing. Desperate, Penelope turns to the one man she knows who might help her - Barnaby Adair. Handsome scion of a noble house, Adair has made a name for himself in certain circles where his powers of observation and deduction have seen him solve several serious and unsavory crimes within the ton. His pedigree, relentless intelligence and discretion make him a deadly avenger in an elegant guise.