She cannot afford scandal. He cannot forget her.Nine years ago, Emma Darling chose duty—and lost everything for it. With her parents gone, her standing in ruins, and her dreams packed away, she has survived by becoming an unimposing companion to the kind, if meddlesome, Mrs. Buckley. It is not the life she imagined, but it is safe. Ordered. Predictable.Until the last man she ever wished to face returns to Derbyshire.Captain Owen Buckley comes home from India hardened by war, driven by purpose, a...