Eliza Fenwick, a delicate girl, grows into a highly attractive young woman of whom her middle-class parents are extremely proud. But beautiful young women can attract the more dangerous kind of man. Such a man is Luke Barton, a ‘face' for the Irish gangster Gerry McGuire and it is not long before the tall and handsome Luke has won her hand.In Ellen Baxter's Fallen Angel, Luke and Lizzy make their way in isolation from her parents' disapproval. They are in love, a passionate relationship. But Luke works in a dangerous world in which certain skills are required. And when events conspire to threaten Lizzy's life, Luke will use those skills to the full. This volume also includes Ellen's short story 'What Was That Noise?'.