The acclaimed, award-winning author of <b>The Bridal Season</b> returns to the elegant drawing rooms and sprawling country estates of Victorian England...in the captivating tale of a woman who must prove she can keep an irresistible nobleman&#8217;s most scandalous secret--without losing her heart ...<br><br>Evelyn Whyte has never forgotten the night she first met Justin Powell--or the shocking indiscretion that left the raffish military hero eternally in her debt. Now, desperate to save her aunt&#8217;s foundering nuptial planning enterprise, she&#8217;s ready to call in her IOU. All she needs is Justin&#8217;s scenic ancestral home, where she&#8217;s determined to show the world that even a woman innocent in the ways of love can turn a simple wedding into the social event of the season.<br><br>Ten years earlier, Evie single-handedly saved him from scandal-wagging tongues, and Justin never reneges on a favor. Now, unaware of the daring double life he conceals behind a cloak of amiable gentility, Evie and her wedding party descend on North Cross Abbey, where her curiosity and forthright manner could imperil them both. Pursued by enemy agents amid a whirl of festivities, Justin vows to keep Evie safe. But who will protect him from the charms of this alluring woman--and the promise of a matchless love worth any risk?