Book excerpt: Life at her vicious stepfather's house is more than Eleanor Collingwood can bear. With celebrations underway for her stepsister's wedding, no one will see Eleanor flee. That is until Lord William Marston storms in… He's the man who betrayed her father to Queen Mary. The man thought banished to the Americas… The most dashingly gorgeous man she's ever set eyes on! Lord Marston is forbidden! But he can offer her freedom…at a cost. Is marriage and a baby too high a price to pay?