Running off to Scotland to propose marriage to a charming stranger in dire financial straits is not the action of proper young lady, unless you’re Lydia Hope-Wallace, wallflower heiress who has been living a double life for years as the author of seditious political pamphlets. When a bewitching stranger offers him her hand in marriage, Arthur Baird, the reclusive Earl of Strathrannoch, is stunned but when he realizes that his traitorous brother has been writing to her under his name, he’s bloody furious. Desperate to track down his estranged sibling, Arthur needs Lydia’s help. What he doesn’t need? The undeniable attraction that burns hotter each moment they spend together. As Lydia slips past his defences, Arthur will have to risk everything to keep her safe, even his heart.