A broken locket, a hidden past - and a love affair tested to its limits.
Facing penury, Elinor Milford is urged by her dying mother to seek help from Amersham Hall, but the owner is a rich and powerful duke, far too young to have known her mother. What connection can Elinor have to this vast estate? Disguised as a dairymaid, she sets out to unearth the secrets of her birth.
Gabriel Claremont wants only to forget a painful past. His life is spent pursuing shallow pleasures in the company of dissipated men, yet the new dairymaid, with her mousy clothes and modest demeanour, intrigues him. Despite his vow to live without love, he finds himself fighting a tangle of fierce emotions.
How far will Elinor and Gabriel go to unravel the threads of their past - and discover their future?
