On a splendid August afternoon Susanna Osbourne is introduced to the most handsome man she has ever seen...and distinctly feels the icy chill of recognition.

Peter Edgeworth, Viscount Whitleaf, is utterly charming - and seemingly unaware that they have met before. With his knowing smile and seductive gaze. Peter acts the rake; but he stirs something in Susanna she has never felt before, a yearning that both frightens and dazzles her, Instantly she knows: this brash nobleman poses a threat to her heart... and to the secrets she guards so desperately.