Ruth is ready to move on with her life. After eloping, getting beset by highwaymen and losing her new husband, she is happy to have a marriage of convenience so that her young son will have a father. Just as she seems to have it all figured out, Adam comes into her life. Adam is a "cousin" to her late husband and has made it his mission to make sure that she is taken card of.
Adam can't believe that his wife is alive! ll of these years apart, he has morned the loss of her. But she doesn't recognize him. Adam doesn't look the same after working on a ship and has a much different voice from the damage the highwaymen inflicted on him. She also didn't know that he was heir to the Wycliff barony. He needs to keep her safe from the same men that attacked them before. He wants his wife and his life back and will do anything.
With Adam keeping his identity a secret, Ruth can't help but compare the baron to her late husband. What will she do when she finds out they are one in the same?
