Baroness Lavinia Whitfield, the middle daughter of the Earl of Bedford, has always carried the weight of expectation. When her father falls in the Napoleonic Wars, her mother anxious for her future arranges a match with George, heir to Baron Edmonton, recently returned from battle with scars of his own.
At first, Lavinia accepts her new role with quiet hope, ready to make the best of her marriage. But less than two years later, disaster strikes. A hunting accident claims both the elder Baron and George, leaving her widowed and responsible for an estate far larger than she ever imagined.
Grief shadows her days, yet her heart still aches for the kind of love her parents once shared. Drawn back into the glittering, unforgiving world of the London ton, Lavinia learns that duty and desire often clash. And in the midst of whispered gossip and rigid rules, she finds herself drawn to the most unlikely place of all the arms of a younger man.
Told through her diary, Lavinia's story is one of endurance, longing, and the bravery it takes to reach for love again.
