Vivian Rael-Lamont lives peacefully in the small town of Penzance,
Cornwall, where everybody believes her to be widowed, when in truth she
left London unwilling to let her husband's exploits taint her family
name. All's well, until someone threatens to reveal her married status
and expose her to scandal - unless she can obtain an original signed
copy of a Shakespearian play, owned by none other than the reclusive and
mysterious William Raleigh, Duke of Trent. Vivian is unexpectedly drawn
to Raleigh and, for the price of passion, he ends up joining her quest
to catch the blackmailer, a discovery which only leads them to more
danger. And although their bond only grows stronger, they soon realise
the fruitlessness of their relationship - a married woman of noble
background cannot enter into an illicit affair with the Duke of Sin.or
can she?