Alison Wareham must put her pride aside as she clashes with the enigmatic Maurice Kyle. The society designer is an impatient and demanding man, and after their first encounter Alison dismisses him as overbearing and arrogant. But she also finds herself attracted to him and that disturbs her. For the normally calm and capable Alison is a woman with secrets, and when shadows from her past reappear her world is turned upside down, threatening everything she's worked so hard for. Alison must choose between loyalty and love if she's ever to?find lasting happiness, and she must learn to trust again.