Fin Tighee may be the illegitimate son of an English earl, but he hasn’t spoken to his father in a decade, and his engineer’s salary is barely enough to support him and his cousin Aurelie. Fin’s evenings spent in the clandestine gay community may be legal through a loophole in the Napoleonic Code, but they leave him vulnerable. So, when Fin’s employer, Gustave Eiffel, announces that he needs additional investors to pay for his pet project, Fin jumps at the chance. If he raises enough money, the commission will earn him a fortune. Capricious stranger Gilbert Duhais is handsome, wealthy, connected, and somehow privy to Fin’s background. Gilbert persuades Fin to masquerade as his father’s heir, and introduces him to every nouveau riche speculator in the city. But when a dear friend of Fin’s is murdered above a clandestine gay club, the stakes rise even higher...