Jane Seymour has one dream left: publish the bird illustrations she has spent a year perfecting. But when a scandal forces her into a marriage of convenience with Sebastian Westwood, the reclusive Viscount of Westwood Manor, Jane finds herself trading London's drawing rooms for a crumbling country estate ? and a husband who disappears each morning before dawn and returns long after dark.
Sebastian is hiding something. Jane is certain of it. His young ward, Anabelle, adores him. His household defers to him. But behind the Viscount's composed exterior lies a secret so deeply buried it could destroy his family's name ? and the fragile trust growing between them. When Jane discovers a bundle of passionate love letters hidden in his study, addressed to a woman she has never heard of, she must decide whether to flee or fight for the man she is only beginning to understand.
A marriage of convenience. A heroine with ink-stained fingers and a dream of her own. A hero whose greatest act of love has been his silence. And a secret that will change everything.
