Oliver McCaron, Earl of Armbruster, is an influential, self-made man who lives life by his own rules. Though he's never lacking for female attention, there's only one woman he wants. And she's the one woman who won't have him . . . again. Widowed Lady Fieldhurst has spent the last seventeen years avoiding Oliver, after one glorious night together. Her parents had already planned out her life-she was never to become Oliver's wife, despite their plans to run away. To protect her secret, she had to follow their wishes and marry the elderly earl they had chosen. Now Ellen's world is threatened by a blackmailer who could expose everything. She'll have to face the only man she's ever loved and ask for help. Because if the truth comes to light, it could ruin more than one life . . . Contains mature themes.