Life at her vicious stepfather’s house is more than Eleanor Collingwood can bear. With celebrations underway for her stepsister’s wedding, no one will see her flee. That is until William, Lord Marston throws the door open and stops the party in an instant...He’s the man who betrayed her father to Mary Queen of Scots. He’s the man thought banished to the Americas...he’s the most dashingly gorgeous man she’s ever set eyes on! Lord Marston is forbidden! But he can offer her freedom...at a cost.