Lady Beatrice, a widow haunted by a decade of loveless marriage, is given a second chance at happiness with her first love, a newly-minted Duke. But their reunion is anything but a fairytale. He is cold and distant, shackled by the requirements of a dukedom he never wanted, and she is bound by a past mistake she can't forget. A marriage of convenience is their only path forward, but when a greedy cousin threatens to tear their fragile world apart, they must face the ghosts of their past and the true nature of their hearts. Can a love betrayed and a marriage forged from desperation survive a deadly plot and become a bond worth fighting for?