One night changes Elizabeth Rawlings’ life forever. Newly married to a much older lord, she’d resigned herself to a cold marriage bed and many lonely nights. She’d been practically sold into slavery by her father and forced to act as a biddable wife to the harsh Duke of Edgemont. What began as a loveless marriage ends in disaster when her husband’s ambition leads him to commit a horrible act against his new bride and ruin the life of his only son. Jeremy Rawlings’ misspent youth, far away from his father, is fodder for the gossips in London, so he stays away from the capital whenever possible. When his father decides to marry a young heiress, he has no choice but to attend the wedding. His stepmother-to-be is charming and innocent, certainly no match for his unforgiving sire. But when the sins of his father come to light, Jeremy is unable to save the girl he’s come to adore. The duke’s sudden death frees them both, but rips apart the threads that once held them together. Jeremy leaves England, determined to forget everything and everyone he’s left behind. Elizabeth struggles to renew her faith in mankind and hold onto the unexpected freedom of life as a widow. But to make herself whole again, she needs to see Jeremy and wash away the memory of what happened when she was too weak to protect herself. Elizabeth goes to Tobago in search of the one man she can’t get out of her mind. Jeremy is the only one can understand her, the only man she can bear to touch her. But soon the bonds of devotion are tested as Elizabeth and Jeremy struggle to rise above their shared past and the obstacles thrown in their way. Determined to save each other from pain, neither are ready to face the truth; that nothing can stop them from falling in love.