Hampton Hall’s new owner gets the villagers of St. Hampton Heath all aflutter-all except Lavinia Ellison. The reverend’s girl cares for those who are poor and unwell, as well as the seventh Earl of Hawkesbury certainly does not meet that criteria. His refusal to take his responsibilities significantly, as well as darken the door of the church, leave her persuaded he is as arrogant and reckless as his brother-his brother who stole the main person in Lavinia’s globe.

Nicholas Stamford is shadowed about The Elusive Miss Ellison by guilt: his own, his brother’s, the legacy of battle. A perfunctory check out to the dreary section of Gloucestershire wasn’t supposed to engage his heart, or his mind. Challenged by Miss Ellison’s fascinating blend of Bluestocking views, hoydenish behavior, and angelic tone of voice, he discovers the impossible getting possible-he starts to care. But Lavinia’s aloof way, society’s opposition and his ancestral obligations prove most irritating, until scandal pushes these to get along.

May Lavinia and Nicholas appearance beyond painful pasts and present prejudice to find out their upcoming? And what will happen when Lavinia discovers a family secret that alters everything she’s ever known?