Staffordshire, England, 1814. As the reluctant new Viscount Middleton, Braden Tavers already has several reputations to save—including his own. So it's imperative he stop his estate's folk healer Tia Featherstone from trying to find his rakehell brother Jonathon. But while he attempts to save the spirited beauty from her own misguided intentions, he will have to  do whatever it takes to resist her unworldly charms. But that resistance only stokes his irresistible desire--and an insidious danger threatening them both . . .

Tia must get Jonathon back under her care before his unforgiving brother discovers how ill he truly is. But while evading Braden and searching London's most scandalous haunts, Tia is also discovering the viscount's deepest secrets—and a longing to make his wounded heart her own.