After a whirlwind affair and elopement with one of her father's officers, Lady Alexandra Marshall, daughter and sole heir of the Earl of Ware, watched helplessly as her husband was shipped off. An annulment followed, and though she waited with packed bags, Christopher never returned for her.
Devoting herself to ancient relics, Alexandra has built a quiet life among museum antiquities, only for a string of forged jewels in the vault to threaten her hard-won career.
Sir Christopher Donally is now a wealthy industrialist escorting his spirited younger sister through her Season. A secret bargain to catch the thief soon throws the former lovers into dangerous proximity.
As old desires ignite across crowded London ballrooms, the bitter secrets of their past refuse to stay buried. Now, 10 years later, she can't help but wonder if fate is giving them a second chance at love .
Melody Thomas is a wordsmith, a creator of dreams, and a passionate believer in happy endings. A product of thirteen schools and twenty-two moves stretching across the United States and Europe, she is a self-proclaimed gypsy. Her fascination with historical romance began when, in her teens, she visited the Tower of London and learned that Henry the Eighth had beheaded two of his wives. This was great fodder for her teenage imagination and the start of a love affair with history, intrigue, and irresistible heroes.