Just seventeen, Lady Caroline Faye is already the toast of the Seasonand accustomed to the ways of genteel Society. So when notorious cad Sir Montagu Reversby offers to drive her in his phaeton from London to Sevenoaks, she innocently accepts ? little knowing that he isplanning to fake a broken axle so that she will be forced to spend the night alone with him at a remote country inn. But Lady Carolineof made of sterner stuff than the predatory Sir Montagu imagined. Escaping his lecherous clutches, she finds refuge in the imperious Brecon Castle only to discover that her new-found haven and itsmaster, Lord Brecon, harbour dark and terrible secrets. A murderousplot is afoot and Caroline? s innocent mistake will come back to haunther as heartbreak and humiliation in the dark, foreboding castle turnto hope and then ardent, all-consuming passion.
