When You Rescued Me

By Sian Ann Bessey

From best-selling historical romance author Sian Ann Bessey comes suspense and romance in the heart of eighteenth-century London--a story of redemption and forbidden love.

London, 1776

It's been twelve years since Hannah Dennington looked into the gray eyes of Samuel Ross, their depths as bleak as sadness itself. That childhood memory--the day she accused him of hiding a stolen pocket watch and sent him to appear before Sir John Fielding, the renowned blind London magistrate--still haunts her.

Young Samuel was certain he was bound for the gallows. Instead, the Blind Beak saw a soul worth saving and sent the orphaned pickpocket to serve in the Royal Navy--until a wartime injury returns a grown and changed Samuel to London, and Sir John grants him a trial post as a Bow Street officer. Determined to prove himself, Samuel uses his knowledge of London's criminal element to apprehend felons.

When highwaymen hold up Hannah's coach, it is Samuel who comes to her rescue. Almost instantly, he recognizes her as the girl who once betrayed him. But she's now a woman whose beauty is matched only by her intellect and stubborn independence.

After a series of suspicious fires culminate with a blaze at the London wharf that threatens Hannah's father's warehouse, Sir John suspects an arsonist with a vendetta. Drawn into the investigation, Samuel and Hannah must navigate the danger and their unspoken past.

To catch the culprit, they'll have to trust each other. To claim a future together, they'll have to risk their hearts.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1639935681
• ISBN13: 9781639935680
• Release Date: October 2026
• Publisher: Deseret Book Company
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

An incredible story of redemption!

I love this author, who usually writes Christian historical fiction set in Wales (which I also recommend), so this one was a little different from her other books in my opinion, but I really enjoyed this story!  At first I thought maybe it's going to just be a romance, but I was wrong! It has everything to make up a my favorite kind of story such as:  mystery, adventure, Bow Street Runners, thieves, aristocracy, struggle, grace, mercy, and truth, sprinkled with a little bit of romance, but just the right amount of each. But what I love most is how this story was one of redemption, pointing the readers to a relationship with Jesus Christ!! Also, even though the story is fiction, the setting and the characters are authentic to the time, which transports me while I read! I highly recommend it, give it 5 stars because I absolutely loved it!  It goes on one of my favorites for 2026!