It’s been seven years since Isobel left Nick at the altar. And Nick has never stopped loving her. Now she’s a widow and Nick has asked her to marry him again. He is more than willing to take a chance on them even though rumors are flying about her and her dead husband. He knows Isobel has some shameful secrets that are painful to her and it’s up to him to ease that pain.

Isobel eloped with a man she thought she loved seven years ago. She made a horrible mistake and all because she was young and frightened by Nick’s intensity. Now is her chance to make it up to him and as painful as it is for her, she will give herself to Nick.

As Nick and Isobel work on their relationship and learning to trust, others are threatening their happiness.  Her father and brother want money. His mother is unwilling to relinquish household control to the new bride. His old mistress wants him back. Someone is blackmailing Isobel. The threads of life weave through and around each other and Nick and Isobel have decisions to make that will affect their future together.