Lord Reymes, Earl of Bainscroft, has been driven by duty his entire life. Even in his dealings with his unscrupulous brother, he feels honor-bound to right the other man's wrongs. When a young woman is compromised indirectly by his brother's appalling actions, Reymes marries the girl to salvage her reputation. Violet Windham's wishes have ever been disregarded. With parents who favored her siblings, she had never had someone to care for her, to listen and to encourage her to blossom. Now swept into marriage with a stranger, she must learn to forge a place for herself in his household, to...