Opposites attract in this gilded age historical romance (with a touch of comedy and mystery) when a young American suffragette eschews marriage until a handsome detective is hired to protect her from a dangerous stalker. It's not that she doesn't want to marry.Allie Baldwin is tired of writing about the latest fashions for the society column of her father's newspaper, the New York Sentinel. Determined to write about important issues, Allie can't help but defy danger at every turn. When she narrowly escapes a riot at a suffrage rally, Allie's beleaguered parents enlist the services of a security agent-a dashing and debonair detective, with a knack for getting under Allie's skin. He's not ready for marriage.Peter Harrison is too busy running Harrison Detective Agency to bother with courtships and conjugality. He refuses to make the same mistakes his father made-marrying too young and forsaking family for work.

But when a newspaper magnate hires him to protect his willful daughter-Peter is torn between his oath to bachelorhood and an alluring attraction to the ravishing redhead with a nose for trouble. When a mysterious fire sparks her investigative instincts, can Allie stick to reporting the facts and restrain her flowering feelings for the handsome detective?.