When Nimue, the only legitimate child of the Earl of Richford, is forced to marry her bastard half-brother, she thinks her life is over. Then she is convinced of it when he dies by accident and she will take the blame. So she flees, plunging into the cold ocean in an attempt to find a new life.

She finds Asher, the dashing Earl of Cliffside. And even though he pulls her from the water and saves her life, she cannot bring herself to confide in him. She cannot even bring herself to tell him her name. But she can bring herself to accept his hospitality.

Living in the splendor of his castle, Nimue can almost forget the horrors of her past. As she gets to know the handsome earl, she finds herself fluttering with feelings she never could have imagined. With her love blossoming, hope looms.

Until the shadow of her past comes back to haunt them both...