Years ago, Miss Esme Astell fell hopelessly in love with Charles Brittle, an unassuming and highly respectable London bookmaker. Then he disappeared without a word . . . The last thing Esme ever dreamed was to meet Charlie again-- In a dark alleyway-- In a drenching rain-- In a chase with the police-- In Scotland. Can she fall again, this time for the dangerous scoundrel he's become?