Born into affluence, Mia Stanley is a winsome socialite with a knack for matchmaking. She's also a writer for a magazine, much to the disdain of her family and their society friends. A proper young lady of her social standing isn't meant to labor in such a way, but Mia has always had a way with words. When her writing draws her into the world of downtrodden seamen's wives on Philadelphia's docks, Mia uncovers a scheme that puts her in harm's way....

In 1857 Philadelphia, Cassandra Stover, a companion to the elderly Mrs. Jameston's, agrees to help an insurance investigator look into the suspected fraud of her employer's son and ends up putting her life and heart in jeopardy.

Cassandra Stover can't believe her luck when she becomes the companion to Mrs. Jameston, a wealthy society woman. Not only can she help her widowed mother and sister, but Cassie genuinely comes to care for the elderly woman who treats her like family. Enter Mark Langford, an insurance investigator, and everything changes for her. When Mark reveals that he is investigating Sebastian Jameston, the son of Cassandra's employer, she agrees to pretend they...