Publisher's Synopsis
Miss Frances Hanwell effects a daring nightime escape - in the Marquis of Aldeborough;s carriage! Mistaking her for a kitchen servant, Hugh only realises his grave error the next day. With scandal imminent, a reluctant marriage seems the only course of action. Reluctance turns to respect when Hugh uncovers the brutal marks of the unhappy life she's been leading. Suddenly he will do all in his power to protect her...especially now, as an unexpected inheritance threatens to take Frances away from him...
