The dazzling Miss Elizabeth Follett lives in the shadow of murmuring and gossip that inevitably follows every great beauty. A beauty that has haunted her and made her hesitant toward love.

Leonard, a charming young Duke, carries the burden of his father’s loss and a title that binds him to a woman he is not in love with. When his steps bring him to Elizabeth, he is determined to never let her go despite his commitment.

Their love, scandalous like a forbidden fruit, is in the eye of the storm…a storm made of envy and social outrage that gets Elizabeth kidnapped. With every tick of the clock, her life is more and more uncertain and with it, their happiness together also fades.

Leonard craves to save her, but love needs a sacrifice.