His birthright taken from him, Chance Talbot is forced into a secret life to provide for his siblings, but the cost is high. He knows he can never marry, never allow anyone close enough to find out what he's done. Arabella Farnsworth is a vicar's daughter who's been left alone and impoverished. She's an outcast with only one hope to sustain her, to be able to someday have the means to bring her baby home. When Chance's act of kindness destroys that last shred of hope, he must think of a solution before all is lost to the woman he loves.