Seventeen years ago, the Duke of Pardloe was found dead, a pistol in his hand, leaving whispers of treachery and forever staining the Grey family's honor. Now, unquiet ghosts resurface when Lord John Grey's brother mysteriously receives a page from their late father's missing diary.

Determined to uncover the truth and restore his family's name, Lord John turns to the only man he can trust: the enigmatic Scottish Jacobite, James Fraser. But as war looms and forbidden desires ignite, Fraser's own secrets threaten to entangle John in a web of danger.

As the puzzle pieces fall into place, Lord John faces an impossible choice. Will he risk everything—even his life—to redeem his family's honor? Or will the shadows of the past consume them all?