When a cruel Lord humiliates Lady Bridget at the altar, her reputation, alongside her dream of marrying out of love, is reduced to ashes. Until one day, in desperation, her father returns with an offer of marriage from the notorious beast of Grayfield himself. Harry Westwood, the scarred Duke of Alderham, is the beast of Grayfield. After years of isolation, he is forced to step away from the shadows to accept the daughter of a wealthy Lord as his bride. But his stubborn new wife will not let him remain as a ghost behind the walls any longer. What he truly never expected was for the fiery wallflower to break through his facade and awaken a long-forgotten passion inside him. But when a dark figure from his life re-emerges, he's forced to confront his traumatic past or risk losing her forever…