A tragic love story between a lonely draughtsman and a grieving widow in plague-stricken Restoration London.

London, 1665. The plague has emptied streets, marked doors, and filled the night with bells. A young draughtsman, Nathaniel, begins a diary to steady his mind against fear and sorrow, expecting only to record what remains of the world around him. Then he meets Anne, a widowed herb-seller whose quiet kindness brings warmth to the coldest corners of the city.

Their love grows gently: through chance meetings in Holborn, walks by the Thames, warm bread, humble suppers, shared prayers, and the fragile courage of letting grief make room for hope. But London is not finished with suffering. Rumours gather, old secrets stir, and fire waits on the horizon.

Told through the recovered diary of an ordinary seventeenth-century draughtsman, this is a haunting historical romance about devotion, loss, faith, and the devastating beauty of finding love as the world turns to ash.