The Duke of Deighton spent an unforgettable night of passion in Verity Escombe's arms, only to watch her flee in tears at dawn. When he meets her again ten years later, he's not about to let her go without an explanation -- especially after he sees her daughter.
She'd fled the bed of the Duke of Deighton and returned to her life of quiet respectability. But Verity Davis-Jones could never forget Galen Bromney, "her" notorious duke, for she saw him daily in the face of their child--the daughter she must deny him, along with her heartfelt love!
Ten years of self-imposed exile had done little to dissuade Galen Bromney of the rightness of being with Verity. Yet how would he ever convince the woman of his dreams that a life together raising their daughter was his deepest desire?