At the end of his Grand Tour, somewhere between Athens and Istanbul, Christian Selwyn, the young Earl of Hazelmere disappeared.
Searches for him yielded nothing. He seemed to have vanished into thin air.
Time passed. In London, his uncle and cousin moved into his home ... while his unofficial fiancee, Sophia, was left desolate and in limbo.
Finally, in desperation, his friends - loyal and close as brothers - travelled to Turkey to search in person, determined to find him and bring him home.
Christian's startling re-appearance at a grand ball hosted by his uncle, takes society by storm and fuels endless speculation - as does his demand that his uncle and cousin immediately vacate his house.
But where has Christian been during the missing years?
What happened to him? More importantly, how did it happen?
And what effect has it had on his mental state ... on Sophia ... and on the love they once shared?
Only one thing is clear.
The earl who left England five years ago, has returned a changed man.
