La vida le ha ensenado a Lucas Kendrick, duque de Harndon, que tener corazon es sin duda una carga. Traicionado por su hermano mayor, abandonado por su novia, desterrado por su padre y rechazado por su madre, Lucas huyo a Paris, donde se convirtio en un soltero codiciado. Diez anos mas tarde, el destino le obliga a volver a Inglaterra, a la casa que una vez lo rechazo. Ahora debe asumir la responsabilidad de sus hermanos menores, la situacion familiar y la sucesion. Demasiados retos por delante, por lo que una esposa seria de gran apoyo, y el ya ha elegido a una hermosa joven que ha conocido en un salon de baile, Lady Anna Marlowe. Anna, lejos de ser tan inocente como aparece ante los ojos de Lucas, esconde un pasado lleno de sombras. Para ella, el matrimonio puede ser una salida para huir de lo que le atormenta; aunque no sera nada facil, los enemigos les acechan y los retos seran complicados Ha llegado de momento de que Luke y Anna aprendan a confiar el uno en el otro si quieren tener una oportunidad de futuro. / Life has taught Lucas Kendrick, Duke of Harndon, that a heart is a decided liability. Betrayed by his elder brother, rejected by his fiancée, banished by his father, and shunned by his mother, Luke fled to Paris, where he became the most sought-after bachelor in fashionable society. Ten years later, fate has brought him back home to England as head of the family who rejected him. Unwilling as he is to be involved with them, he must assume responsibility for his younger siblings, the family estate he once lovedand the succession. He faces the prospect of marrying with the greatest reluctanceuntil he sees beguiling Lady Anna Marlowe across a ballroom one night. Anna, far from being the bright-eyed innocent Luke takes her for, is no more a stranger to the shadows of a painful past than he is. But for her, marriage cannot so easily solve what is wrong in her lifenot when a tormentor stalks her to the very doors of Bowden Abbey, where Luke and Anna must learn to trust in each other or risk any chance they may have for a happy future.