Clara lives her whole life knowing she will never fall in love and get married. No man wants a blue stocking. She refuses to act dumb to get a man. When she is sent to Surrey to use her deduction skill in the Killing of three little girls the last things she thought was going to happen was she would find love. Landon Howard the Duke of Surrey doesn't have time for love he has spent the last few years reconnecting with his tenants making up for his father's mistakes. So when the tiny little creature the Home office sends him to solve the murders of the children he can't help falling in love. Join Clara and Landon along with Simon and Victor in the hunt for a child killer and the answer to Clara's past.