Things rarely are as they appear...

His gentle heart almost cost him his chance at happiness.Rumors almost cost her the man who truly saw her for what she was.

Benjamin Mason, the Viscount of Tarlington, is faced with a dilemma: should he help his beloved cousin who has been cast away from her family and society as she knew it, or stay away, considering that this will damage his reputation as well as his chances at love?

Lady Amelia Lacey, daughter of the Earl of Brighton, is not only dealing with the consequences of her height which robbed her of the opportunity to find her match, but she also has to go through heartbreak when she hears rumors that the one she loved had not approached her with pure intentions.

However, when Benjamin admitted his true feelings for Amelia Lacey, he realized he did not only have to convince her and her father, the Earl of Brighton, of his pure intentions. He had to dive into the secrets of his own family to clear his name.

But fate cannot be stopped by lies and rumors, and that of Benjamin and Amelia had already bound them together.