Kitty Pettigrew knew she should be grateful for the fates that brought her and her Aunt Ophelia to London and unexpected wealth. Now she could be presented to the ton and make a proper match. But there was still the question of her birth, the secret Aunt Ophelia seemed determined to conceal.

And now that Alan Thayne had returned, it was more important than ever, for somehow he was part of it--the dashing cavalier who had shared her childhood and stolen her heart so long ago. She was not the child he remembered. She was a woman now with a woman's dreams and desires. Did she dare long for a future with Alan, dare long for his love before she had unlocked the mystery of her past?