A Season of Secrets

After a scandal shattered her reputation and her heart, Lady Arabella Thornwood fled London in disgrace. Now, three years later, family duty forces her to return for a season to secure a wealthy husband and save her family from ruin. She is determined to be practical, to lock away the past, and to avoid the man who broke her heart at all costs.

But the universe has other plans. Sebastian Blackwood, the devastatingly handsome Duke of Ashford-the very source of her heartbreak-has taken up residence in the house next door. Thrown together in the glittering ballrooms and gossip-fuelled promenades of the ton, the embers of their forbidden past ignite into an unavoidable flame.

Sebastian, haunted by the mistake that drove her away, is determined to win back her trust. But Arabella is no longer the naïve girl he once knew. As a whirlwind courtship rekindles a passion they never forgot, old wounds and new threats emerge. To have a future together, they must confront the lies of the past and find the courage to forgive before a vengeful enemy destroys their second chance at love forever.