Bow Street

Someone to Watch Over Me is a classic tale from New York Times bestselling author Lisa Kleypas.

In this Regency romance, Kleypas, the author of Seduce Me at Sunrise, tells the story of a scandalous beauty with no memory of who she is and the man determined to unravel the secrets of her past.

The novel pairs a celebrated Bow Street Runner with a woman pulled from the river, tracing their fragile alliance through a city thick with fog and secrets. Kleypas moves the search from the muddy causeway at Waterloo Bridge to Bow Street, unearthing clues that point to betrayal.

London provides the backdrop as the detective shelters his guest in his Bedford Street home, piecing together her forgotten life. The story draws these strangers together, setting their growing devotion against a ruthless adversary watching their every move.

• Forced Proximity: Convalescing in Grant’s home under the care of his housekeeper, Mrs. Buttons, she finds solace in the quiet evenings they spend sharing books beside the hearth.


• Suspense Romance: As the detective pieces together how she ended up in the freezing Thames, he must shield her from a brutal strangler determined to silence her forever.


• Historical Romance: A working-class investigator who began his youth in Billingsgate market navigates the treacherous upper echelons of Mayfair, where powerful aristocrats conceal dark deeds.


• Slow Burn: Bound by an oath to protect his vulnerable guest without taking advantage of her helplessness, Grant struggles to resist an all-consuming passion that defies his iron self-control.


• Also by This Author: Marrying Winterborne, Devil in Winter and Cold-Hearted Rake.