Can Lady Laura continue to love the Duke of Wimberley when she has evidence that he has committed a terrible crime?
Growing up in the shadow of her parents’ estrangement, Laura has learnt to mask her feelings. She is also unused to company. Her father, though an earl, was a recluse.
Now she must go to London during the Season where she will meet her mother – the mother she had pined for and resented in equal measure.
Laura finds herself a success. She has suitors offering for her but is secretly in love with the Duke of Wimberley. She isn’t sure about his feelings. Does it even matter? The duke is most attentive to the beautiful widow, Lady Mannering.
And then Laura learns a shocking truth about the duke. He is not the man he appears to be.
Anthony, Duke of Wimberley is in London to find a wife for the second time. Seven years ago he had made a love match. He knows better now. He is looking for someone who will take charge of the duties of duchess and also be a mother to his daughter.
His intention to guard his heart disappears as he comes to know Laura. Before he can proceed to court her, he becomes mired in perhaps the biggest Scandal of all time.
To his utter shock, not only does Lady Laura believe the worst about him, she goes out of her way to thwart him!