St. Louis, 1893. A brilliant doctor on the edge of ruin. A shattered woman imprisoned by circumstance. One spark in the shadows may change everything. Nathan Marsh saved the president's life two days ago, his first sober act in years, but victory doesn't silence the ghosts, and whiskey still dulls the pain. Daisy Lawrence returns from Vienna betrayed, her father's dominance the final blow. She counts the days to escape-or vanish from the earth. A storm brews over Union Depot as fireworks ignite the sky, and in one charged moment beneath electric lights, a drunken promise becomes something more. He sees the truth she hides. She sees the man beyond the wreckage. Drawn together by desperation, desire, and the smallest glimmer of grace, they form an unlikely alliance. But in a city full of secrets and sins, love may be the most dangerous risk of all. For readers of emotionally intense, spiritually anchored historical romance. Know the grit of reality and a promise of light in the dark.