Scandal comes courting! Caught in a coach accident, Lady Eleanor Ashby seeks help from a mysterious stranger. But the dashing Matthew Thomas is not all he seems. And when it appears someone is trying to hurt her, Eleanor doesn't know who to trust. Disowned by his family, Matthew is living under an assumed name. Falling under Eleanor's spell, he is determined to protect her. It's time for Matthew to return home and confront his scandalous past, if Eleanor is to be part of his future…

Can he awaken dreams she thought lost forever…? Harriet, Lady Brierley, is a respectable widow, determined to keep the secrets of her broken heart deeply buried. But when Benedict Poole—the very man who deserted her—returns, Harriet's safe world threatens to unravel. Believing Harriet left him for a wealthy lord, Benedict must fight to uncover the true consequence and tragedy of their affair years before. But with his family's name now synonymous with scandal, can he hope to win back the trust of the woman he has always loved?