Passion Wears Pearls — Renee Bernard

After the darkness of a dungeon in India, artist Josiah Hastings dreamt of returning to a world lush with color -- only to discover that years of imprisonment left his eyesight weak and failing. So when the fiery beauty of Miss Eleanor Beckett appears in his vision amidst the bleak grays of a London winter, he knows he's found his muse and one last chance at a masterpiece.

Once a spoiled and exultant girl, Eleanor is struggling to survive in a city where men prey upon her. Saving her from assault and ruin, Josiah will pay her a fortune to sit for a painting. To restore her life, Eleanor must risk her reputation modeling for an artist without a chaperone -- and try not to lose her heart to a man with dark secrets and unseen enemies...