Lord Reymes, Earl of Bainscroft, has been driven by duty his entire life. Even in his dealings with his unscrupulous brother, he feels honor-bound to right the other man's wrongs. When a young woman is compromised indirectly by his brother's appalling actions, Reymes marries the girl to salvage her reputation.Violet Windham's wishes have ever been disregarded. With parents who favored her siblings, she had never had someone to care for her, to listen and to encourage her to blossom.Now swept into marriage with a stranger, she must learn to forge a place for herself in his household, to befriend the people of the new community in which she finds herself, and to establish herself as Lady Reymes, Countess of Bainscroft.Will her faith in the Lord give her strength to accomplish all that is set before her? Or will her timidity cause her to retreat even further within herself, missing the great blessings God has in store for both her and her new husband?