Life should be simple for the beautiful daughter of a duke. Courtship, marriage, children, with a man such as the careful, practical Christopher, the Earl of Merryweather. Except Lady Anne Finchley has dreams of gracing the stage as an actress, a forbidden calling for a woman of her birth.
A chance meeting at a country theatre changes Anne's fate forever. When she falls victim to a shocking accident, she finds herself saved by her brother's best friend, the man she once rejected and begins to see him much differently than she ever has before. It might just be too late for Christopher, who must overcome Anne's rejection of him and the scandal now attached to her. Everything is telling them they are wrong for one another -- but will they have their second chance when being together feel so right?