Hmmm. How to recap this without giving too much away? Plus it's been days since I finished it.The details of the birth and early childhood of Miranda James are pretty complicated, plus you don't want me spoiling it. So let's just say she was the legitimate daughter of the younger brother of some lordling in Cornwall who wed the governess. Tragic events happened that resulted in mom and daughter being sent away with enough money to live comfortably on, but more tragic events happened and they became impoverished, mom died and Miranda became one more gutter urchin in the dark streets of London. Until she picks the wrong pocket and Scotsman Cameron (Cam) Gordon saves her from the gallows and she's now his indentured servant.This was a fun ride with plenty of historical detail and Jacobite plotting, plus an Eliza Doolittle-like transformation. Miranda was quite a little spitfire and she was never down and out for long. I adored Cam, but cautionary warning to PC minded readers - he might have a heart of gold buried deep down, but his mindset and attitudes towards Miranda at first (she did cut his purse and she was his indentured servant to treat as he wished) may be a bit off-putting to the more PC minded readers of today's romances. The sexual content is fairly understated, with only one of two major sex scenes, but then again the first one might be misconstrued by the PC set as forced seduction, but I didn't see it that way. YMMV.