In the first of Evan Andrews Regency romances the violent world of smuggling is revealed through the eyes of Julia a spirited young woman who leaves the Court of George III to start a new life with her greatuncle in the country town of Winchelsea What secrets does her reclusive greatuncle hold What are the strange noises that she hears at the dead of night Is the sullen manservant all he seems And what of the dashing boldeyed Mr Hamilton who Julia learns to her distress leads a double life Can she risk losing her heart to such a man