After arriving at Grafton Hall begging for sanctuary, Ruby Delisle has no idea how to regain control of a future where her options as an unmarried mother are limited by financial and societal constraints. The last thing she expects is an offer of marriage from blunt speaking Dr. Nash who has his own secrets to contend with. Can they survive the demands of his aristatic father and the ghosts of Ruby's past to find a way forward together? Or will their uncompromising temperaments destroy their budding relationship before it has even begun?