A Runaway Star

When Lady Gracila Shering uncovers the truth that the Duke, to whom she is promised, has given his heart to her own stepmother, she knows only one course remains. To save herself from a marriage too dreadful to endure, she must disappear without a trace.

Her flight leads her to the quiet protection of a faithful retainer now in service to the infamous Virgil, Lord Damien. At Barons’ Hall she hopes to remain hidden, until unexpectedly the master himself returns. Once celebrated, now shunned ...