Mr. Stuart Spencer has the misfortune to fall in love with two women. Neither of whom he has the privilege of marrying. Lady Isabella Seabrook wed another. Lady Miranda Carlton vanishes from London Society. Twelve years ago, when Lady Miranda's father refuses Spencer's marriage proposal, is one of the darkest days of his life. Something he never recovers from. The hurt and anger follow him for years. When he faces Miranda again, dare he believe they can travel back in time and pick up where they left off? Lady Miranda falls in love with Mr. Stuart Spencer at the tender age of seventeen. The day she expects his offer of marriage comes and goes. A tragedy has befallen his family. When the mourning period ends, she waits for his arrival, but he never comes. Brokenhearted, her family was penniless, and in disgrace, they retired to the country. Twelve years later, her parents gone, Miranda desperately needs coin, so she ventures to London seeking a husband. To her surprise and delight, she finds Spencer single, handsome, and infuriating as ever. Can she risk her heart on him a second time? But more importantly, can she be a wife in the true sense of the word after what transpired only months ago? Something so heinous and shameful it plagues her every waking moment.