Two orphaned runaways are rescued by the owner of a luxury carriage… September 1789. Prudence, disguised as a boy, has escaped from a horrible orphanage with her friend Dan. Just when they are about to collapse by the side of the road, they’re rescued by the owner of a luxury carriage and everything changes… The first of three volumes of historical romance begins as a child from the slums meets a wealthy aristocrat and falls in love!