The Victorian era was full of majestic beauty and scandalous secretsa time when corsets were the least of a woman's restrictions, and men could kill or be killed in the name of honor.
Lord Ian Blake has returned from India a broken man. Years ago, he pledged to Lady Eva Carinhis childhood companion and first lovethat he would bring her husband back alive. His failure haunts him. But even his jaded soul can't anticipate the shocking sight of beautiful, independent Eva confined in a madhouse.
Locked in an asylum, forgotten by society, Eva is adrift in both body and mind. For Ian to break her free, they must cross a powerful enemyand prove her sanity to England's unforgiving aristocracy. But the biggest danger of all may come when the secrets of Eva's tragic past are finally unlocked....