A Lady Dark as Gold by Emma Linfield

She could crush him, break him apart, and he would let her…

When her betrothed tries to make unsavory advances on her, Lady Lydia Goresnarl seeks refuge in the most unlikely of places: the manor of a man she cut ties with years ago.

Confident in his position and himself, Edmund Covendew, Marquess of Netherwater, is no longer fazed by anything. That is until the day the love that shattered him appears on his doorstep, begging for help.

When Lydia’s whereabouts reach her father’s ears, she must make a choice: stay with the love of her life, or flee and free him from the scandal that follows her. A scandal that just might grip her before she has the chance to save Edmund from a terrible fate.