Two Hearts. One Scandal. A Love the World Was Never Meant to See. Morgaine Drummond has lived most of her life in the shadow of others - her family's expectations, her sister's perfection, and the unspoken limits of her birth. When she and her sister are entrusted to the care of the Marquess of Dumont, Morgaine longs for adventure but expects only seclusion and boredom. Instead, she finds Edmund Dumontrial: a man whose kindness and quiet torment awaken something in her she had never thought she would experience. In his eyes, she discovers not judgment, but belonging. Yet to love him would mean defying everything - her family, her past, and the world that would never forgive her. Lord Edmund Dumontrial had made a promise of restraint, of civil propriety. But when Morgaine enters his home, and his heart, his control begins to unravel. Torn between honor and desire, duty and truth, he risks ruin for a love society deems impossible. But how far will he go to protect her when all of London seems determined to destroy them both?