One does not expect to be kidnapped on a London street in broad daylight. Yet Amity Doncaster barely escapes with her life after she is trapped in a carriage with the killer known in the press as the Bridegroom. He is unwholesomely obsessed by her scandalous connection to Benedict Stanbridge— gossip about their hours alone in a ship’s stateroom seems to have crossed the Atlantic faster than any sailing vessel could. Benedict refuses to let this resourceful, daring woman suffer for her romantic link to him— as tenuous as it may be. For a man and woman so skilled at disappearing, so at home in the exotic reaches of the globe, escape is always an option. But each intends to end the Bridegroom’s reign of terror in London. And as they join forces and prepare to confront an unbalanced criminal in the heart of the city they love, they must also face feelings that neither can run from…

一般人認為在光天化日下的倫敦街頭不會遭到綁架。然而艾蜜媞‧唐卡斯特卻慘遭綁架，與媒體慣稱新郎的殺手關在同一籠中，並僥倖存活下來。這位殺手完全癡迷於她與本尼迪克特‧斯坦布里奇的曖昧關聯。有關艾蜜媞和本尼迪克特在船艙內獨處數小時的傳聞，很快便傳開了。本尼迪克特不願讓足智多謀且膽大的艾蜜媞與他有任何緋聞，即使內容無傷大雅。對於一個擅長搞失蹤的男人和女人，國外讓他們感到自在，逃避總是最佳選擇。不過，倆人都企圖終止新郎在倫敦所引起的恐慌。另外，當他們身處倫敦市中心，準備打擊犯罪時，同時也必須面對那些無法逃避的感情。