Ladies and Scoundrels 5 - Scandalous Liaison

She was his first love. He was the one she never forgot. More than twenty years ago, Grace Stratton chose duty over love and married the man her family demanded, leaving Lewis Duffield behind with a broken heart and a future that led him across the sea to America. Now a widow, Grace travels to Scotland for a family christening, expecting nothing more than a quiet visit with loved ones. But when a travel mishap strands her at a country inn, she comes face-to-face with Lewis—the man she once loved with her whole heart, and perhaps still does. Time has changed them both. Grace has known marriage, motherhood, loss, and the burdens of rank. Lewis has built a successful life an ocean away. Yet the connection between them remains as powerful as ever, drawing them back into a love neither truly left behind. But loving each other was never the problem. If they are to claim the future they were denied in youth, one of them must be brave enough to choose it. Set against the romance of Scotland and the pull of a long-buried passion, this emotional Victorian second-chance romance is a story of enduring love, hard-earned hope, and the courage to begin again.