From New York Times bestselling legend Mary Balogh--and the beloved author of Longing, Silent Melody, and Beyond the Sunrise --comes a ravishing novel of passion and duty, love and menace... . Life has taught Lucas Kendrick, Duke of Harndon, that a heart is a decided liability. Betrayed by his elder brother, rejected by his fianc e, banished by his father, and shunned by his mother, Luke fled to Paris, where he became the most sought-after bachelor...