Bound by scandal, rescued by love.
When Alasdair “Dare” Drummond, Viscount Strathburn and Lord Lyon, head of Scottish heraldry, arrives in London on royal business, he encounters the one Scotswoman he tried to forget.
Beautiful, spirited Hannah Gordon is a gifted artist now engaged to another. But when Dare uncovers a threat to her, his protective instincts—and long-hidden love—surface.
In London, Hannah hoped for independence and artistic success, not heartbreak.
Abandoned by her fiancé and burdened with his debts, she works as a heraldry artist under the cruel eye of Sir Frederic Dove, who loathes Scots and resents the girl’s talents.
Scheming with his notorious cousin, Mrs. Dove-Lyon, he traps Hannah in a scandalous marriage contract to ruin her—and blackmails Lord Lyon as the unexpected groom.
