After arriving at Grafton Hall begging for sanctuary, Ruby Delisle has no idea how to regain control of a future where her options as an unmarried mother are limited by financial and societal constraints. The last thing she expects is an offer of marriage from blunt-speaking Dr. Nash who has his own secrets to contend with. Can they survive the demands of his aristocratic father and the ghosts of Ruby's past to find a way forward together? Or will their uncompromising temperaments destroy their budding relationship before it has even begun?
