Seven years ago Viscount Kenton Fairchild married Violet Godwin for her father's money, fooling her into believing it was a love match. Finding out the truth, a broken hearted Violet disappears from his life, and it isn't until he receives a letter telling him of her eminent demise, does he realize what he's lost. Guilt and shame over misleading the kind debutante has haunted Kenton for years. The least he can do is go to Portugal to retrieve her body and honor her last request to be buried in England. Arriving in Portugal, he is shocked to find she is very much alive, and running an orphanage. Kenton knows it is past time to make things right with his wife. Violet is dedicated to the orphans in her care and refuses to leave, despite an uprising in the region that is a danger to all of them. Can Kenton convince his wife that his growing feelings for her are real, and to give their marriage a chance? Can Violet forgive the past and risk her heart again? And how can she leave the children behind?