She stared at him, horrified at being so thrilled…

Forced to marry a lecherous Duke and tormented by her terrible step-sisters on a daily basis, Lady Laura Bennett has but one choice: disguise herself as a male servant to escape. Until she meets the uncouth rake she is to serve.

Dominique Brooks, the Earl of Wettington, is sick and tired of being called a hero. Especially when his scars are a painful reminder of his failure to rescue his mother and sister from the flames. His life, however, changes when he hires a new valet. A valet with something decisively strange about him.

When their forbidden desire takes its toll, Dominique finds himself thrown in a different kind of fire. Only this time, failure is not an option. For, the past has flesh and bone, and it finds its way back on the scars mapped on Dominique’s body.