Lydia Graham is resigned to a quiet country existence in Myndton-on-Cound. Caring for her grieving step-father while managing Nether Thorne’s house and estate appears to be her lot in life. But when Andrew Beresford, Viscount Grantleigh, unexpectedly arrives at neighboring Earl’s Wood Park, home of the Rossburys, quiet becomes turmoil…especially when the two meet in an explosive brush with anger and passion during a dinner party. Secret love, deathbed promises, fateful encounters, and silent misunderstandings collide with malicious gossip, a scheming but beautiful young neighbor, twisted conclusions, and dark enemies with hidden motives. With problems coming at Lydia from every side, the past threatens to destroy any hope for love or the future.