At a midwinter ball in 1815 attended by West Country society Beth Tremaine isbetrothed to landowner Landry Haldane who adores her. But she has a secretpast. Mad... » 

At a midwinter ball in 1815 attended by West Country society Beth Tremaine isbetrothed to landowner Landry Haldane who adores her. But she has a secretpast. Made penniless by her stepmother she became a blacksmiths mistress andstole money for a new life. Pursued by Sir Guy Valmer whom she both feared anddesired she fled to the Devon coast and changed her name. As Beth and Landrydance at the ball Guys carriage approaches through the snow. Beth is about toconfront her past. «