Alison Wareham must put her pride aside as she clashes with the enigmatic Maurice Kyle. The society designer is an impatient and demanding man, and after their first encounter Alison dismisses him as overbearing and arrogant. But she also finds herself attracted to him and that disturbs her. For the normal calm and capable Alison is a woman with secrets, and when shadows from her past reappear her world is turned upside down, threatening everything she has worked so hard for. If she is ever to find lasting happiness Alison must learn to trust again.