As the niece of an old apothecary, Miss Verona Raycraft has led a quiet, reserved life caring for the shop and her ailing uncle. A life that is turned upside down when the most infuriating, brash Marquess she has ever met walks through the door.
In search of a medicine man close to the family estate to monitor his father’s failing health, Abraham McCochran, Marquess of Wilton, thinks he’s lucky when he learns of one such man. Only to find a very beautiful, very opinionated woman.
As Verona and Abraham slowly bridge the gap between them, whispers start floating around the manor. Whispers about an old incident everyone seems too afraid to speak of or name. An incident that unknowingly to her, marked Verona’s whole existence. And nothing is over yet.