Six years ago, Elizabeth Harewood and Lord Roland Penhallow were London's golden couple, young, beautiful and wildly in love. Forced apart by her scheming relatives and his clandestine career, Lilibet and Roland buried their passion beneath years of duty and self-denial, until a chance holiday encounter changes everything they ever knew about themselves... and each other. But Miss Elizabeth Harewood is now the Countess of Somerton, estranged wife of one of England's most brutal and depraved aristocrats, and she can't afford the slightest hint of scandal to her name. When Roland turns up mysteriously at the castle where she's hidden herself away, she struggles to act as a lady should, but the gallant lover of her youth has grown into an irresistibly dashing and dangerous man, and temptation is only a single kiss away...
Read MoreCharming, passionate, and thrilling...sets a new mark for historical romance - Elizabeth Hoyt, New York Times bestselling authorA dazzling debut...the best new book of the year - Lauren WilligA delightful confection of prose and desire that leaps off the page - Julia London, New York Times bestselling authorClever and supremely witty. A true delight - Suzanne Enoch, New York Times bestselling author