Set in 1889 London, this story follows Anastasia Alden: a quietly resilient young woman who dreams of writing somewhere beyond the four walls of her room. She feels deeply, though she often tucks those feelings away between the pages of her journal. That is, until she meets him: the guarded and composed Charles Harte. After a chance encounter, Anastasia's dreams begin to stir to life, eventually leading her to an assistant position at his prestigious publishing house. From the very beginning, there's a quiet magnetism between them-drawn as much from what they hold back as what they reveal. Their relationship becomes one of swiftly intensifying, emotionally charged tension and longing.

When Clover crosses paths with a charming bard, she's quickly swept into one of his schemes gone wrong. Forced into an unlikely partnership, Clover and August must navigate a spiral of trouble that only grows deeper, and sooner or later, it's bound to catch up with them.