The unbearable heatwave of 1814 refuses to subside as the Duke of Dewmont's eldest daughter, Jennie Ashford, travels to London without her handsome new husband, Lucien. With gossip about her dalliance with her father's Head Groom, Jack, spreading around the wagging tongues of the ton, Jennie tries to keep her head down and help her sisters through the season. But she can't avoid the memories of her lustful encounters with Jack when, to her shock, he turns up at a ball, now a Duke to a large estate in his own right. And with her first love in such close proximity, it isn't long before Jennie finds herself on the dark walk, giving the ton something to gossip about once more...