Introduction
Odette Heartwell never expected to find herself at a masked ball while still in mourning for her missing husband. Yet one chance encounter with a mysterious duke leaves her questioning everything. Could one reckless night change her life forever?
Moray Callander, Duke of Craigmorrow, is determined to uncover the truth behind the fate of his missing battalion before he ever considers taking a wife.
Mistaking Odette for the informant he has been desperately seeking changes everything, and a single scandalous moment leaves them with only one honourable choice…
Bound together by a marriage neither expected, Odette and Moray journey to Scotland, where old wounds, dangerous secrets, and unanswered questions refuse to stay buried.
As trust slowly gives way to love, the past threatens to destroy the future they never dared imagine.
Will the truth tear them apart before they can claim the happiness they have found?