Regency England/Scotland, January 1818:

Lady Isabella is desperate to escape from her overbearing father. She and a childhood friend, Linus, scheme to 'ruin' her, making sure she's pregnant before fleeing from London to Gretna Green to be married, so they can both inherit their fortunes.

An attack by highwaymen changes everything: Linus is killed just before they can reach Gretna. Isabella will be ruined in earnest if she can't come up with a plan to save herself and her child from scanda...
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Regency England/Scotland, January 1818:

Lady Isabella is desperate to escape from her overbearing father. She and a childhood friend, Linus, scheme to 'ruin' her, making sure she's pregnant before fleeing from London to Gretna Green to be married, so they can both inherit their fortunes.

An attack by highwaymen changes everything: Linus is killed just before they can reach Gretna. Isabella will be ruined in earnest if she can't come up with a plan to save herself and her child from scandal, which in Regency London is a fate worse than death.

Dashing local aristocrat Drew Gordon rescues Isabella from the road, injured and terrified. As she confesses her desperate plight, his heart goes out to the lovely young woman. And more...

Drew's dark family secret has caused him to swear off forever any chance of marriage or having children. Isabella is already with child. Does Drew dare take the beautiful young woman as his lover?
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