Sarah Lamb doesn't have a family; Endellion Trengrouse has never fit in with his. Immediately attracted, the two have a brief flirtation at the Trengrouse Ball, which ends disastrously when Endellion—known as Lion—finds out the truth behind Sarah's birth. Sarah isn't surprised by his reaction: she knows no respectable man will marry an illegitimate orphan. But there's more to Sarah's parentage—and Endellion's—than either of them know. Can they find the truth…and will that truth bring them together, or drive them apart?