When Rose Trewlawny eloped with a soldier six years earlier, she never expected to see Edmund, the Duke of Severn again. Now, here she is, a widow with a child, in London visiting her cousin for the season. Everywhere she goes, Edmund is there, looking daggers at her, and she doesn't know why. Edmund, for his own part, is laboring under a grave misapprehension about Rose that is causing those looks. Nonetheless, the spark that flared between them years ago is still there Can they find their way to love in spite of the machinations of the evil Baron Verdan and his lies? With a little help from two lively children and an elephant, it may just be possible.

Ms. McFadden is an award winning children's author. This is her first novel for adults.