All she wanted was her own Happy Ever After. A devoted husband. A brood of little children. A home filled with love and happiness. But the dashing and driven Lord Julian Ashford swept into Lady Gabriella Coatsworth's life almost as fast as he deserted her. A broken heart and a baby in her belly were the only evidence of their short-lived affair.

She never should have told him she loved him Christmas Eve! It was no wonder he attended the New Year's Eve Ball without her, but left with Miss Millicent Smythe in his arms.

Devastated to witness her beloved Julian in the arms of another woman, Gabriella decides to leave England and raise the baby alone. He'll never know, she will never tell anyone. But before Gabriella can put her plan in motion, a madman named Lester Collins tries to end her life.

When word finally reaches Julian that his sweet Gabriella had a terrible accident, he rushes home to Stevenage, only to discover she's left him.

Crushed, he vows to search until his last breath, praying he'll find her and finally declare his love for her and make Gabriella his wife. It won't be the happy reunion he was expecting.