Mercedes Casemer

Eighteen years ago, the desperate and heavily pregnant noblewoman Rhonda fled as a stowaway aboard a ship bound for America. Now she returns to England a wealthy woman, determined to introduce her illegitimate daughter, Amber, into Victorian society. But when Rhonda is blackmailed, threatened, and forced to confront the ghosts of her past, she suffers a devastating emotional collapse. Amber finds refuge with her great-aunt, the Duchess of Mullgrove, where she discovers not only a strange new world but also love.
Meanwhile, the Duchess pieces together the loose threads of Rhonda's past, seeking to reconcile her with her family-and free her heart for true love. The key to it all: a long-lost medallion.