Jameson Carlyle Turner’s life has been topsy-turvy, from illegitimacy to titled nobility, from a single gambling man to a happily married husband. When bent steel and a horrific wreckage upend his world, he buries his beloved along with his heart and his happiness. Maisie Darrow understands grief all too well. She also knows the only way to get over it is simply to decide to do so. When she encounters the distraught viscount of Jonling Hall, everything inside her reaches out to help him. Jameson vows neither time, nor the warm attention of the ever-cheerful Miss Darrow, will wear down the walls around his shattered heart, for he knows he cannot survive another blow. Will Maisie give up when he pushes her away yet again? Or can she convince him to risk loving once more despite the swirling winds of uncertainty surrounding them?