The first new Regency romance in over 10 years from bestselling author Jane Ashford It is only with the untimely death of her husband that Eve Kendal is privy to his unsound investments. Devastated, and forced to relinquish her noble birth in the face of financial ruin, she assumes a position as lady's maid at Thornbrook Park, home of the Earl of Aberford. When the Earl's estranged brother, Captain Connor Thorne, returns to the estate to fulfil a promise to a dying friend, Eve saves him from a potentially embarrassing homecoming, and they each feel a forbidden spark that they can't ignore. But is giving in to their yearnings worth putting their positions, and their futures, in jeopardy?