He's unhinged...

That's the only word Lady Sophie Wren can think when a silent and frightening stranger traps her in a dark hall at the Whittemore's ball.

And while she learns the identity of her captor, Lord Maxwell Whittemore, her mysterious host, he's a societal enigma. No one knows anything about him.

It doesn't help that he never speaks.

Which is why, she has no idea why the man is suddenly at every party she attends, every stroll in the park, even her ladies' luncheon.

Is he stalking her?

It's a game of cat and mouse and each time he grows closer to catching her. It makes her shiver in fear. Or is that something else?

And even if she did want to be caught, she can't allow it. Because her family, the secrets she keeps, could ruin them both...