Two broken hearts. One chance to be forgiven.
Alice has paid dearly for one terrible mistake.
Once a respectable young lady, she ran away with a man who promised her love and instead left her disgraced and broken. Now, with her reputation ruined and society ready to condemn her, Alice wants only one thing—to disappear.
Samuel has his own reasons for hiding.
Haunted by the death of his older brother and convinced he bears the blame, the heir to an earldom has abandoned his family and taken refuge in an out-of-the-way manor, where no one knows his true identity. There, he meets Alice, and an unexpected friendship grows between two people who believe themselves unworthy of anyone's love.
But secrets have a way of being uncovered.
When Samuel is discovered and summoned home by his ailing father and grieving mother, he must return to the family he left behind'''and face the responsibilities he has tried so desperately to escape. Alice knows that returning to society will expose her own scandal, so together they devise a solution: a marriage of convenience that will give them both the protection they need.
They agree it will be nothing more than an arrangement.
But living as husband and wife makes it increasingly difficult to deny the tenderness growing between them. And when the secrets they've worked so hard to bury threaten to surface, Alice and Samuel must decide whether they can trust each other with the truth.
Can two people who believe themselves beyond redemption find forgiveness—and a love worth risking everything to keep?
Genre: Historical Romance
Alice has paid dearly for one terrible mistake.
Once a respectable young lady, she ran away with a man who promised her love and instead left her disgraced and broken. Now, with her reputation ruined and society ready to condemn her, Alice wants only one thing—to disappear.
Samuel has his own reasons for hiding.
Haunted by the death of his older brother and convinced he bears the blame, the heir to an earldom has abandoned his family and taken refuge in an out-of-the-way manor, where no one knows his true identity. There, he meets Alice, and an unexpected friendship grows between two people who believe themselves unworthy of anyone's love.
But secrets have a way of being uncovered.
When Samuel is discovered and summoned home by his ailing father and grieving mother, he must return to the family he left behind'''and face the responsibilities he has tried so desperately to escape. Alice knows that returning to society will expose her own scandal, so together they devise a solution: a marriage of convenience that will give them both the protection they need.
They agree it will be nothing more than an arrangement.
But living as husband and wife makes it increasingly difficult to deny the tenderness growing between them. And when the secrets they've worked so hard to bury threaten to surface, Alice and Samuel must decide whether they can trust each other with the truth.
Can two people who believe themselves beyond redemption find forgiveness—and a love worth risking everything to keep?
Genre: Historical Romance