At the age of three and twenty, Lady Susanna Beresford finds herself perilously close to being labeled an old maid, steadfast in her resolve to only marry for genuine love, much to her mother's consternation.
As the curtains draw close on the Season of 1810 and Susanna prepares to depart for her home in Hertfordshire without a suitor, fate intervenes in the form of a man who will irrevocably alter the course of her life. This man, deemed unsuitable and forbidden by high society solely due to the color of his skin, proves to be more than meets the eye.
Their chance encounter sparks a chain of events that will challenge the very fabric of society, setting forth a transformation that will echo through the annals of history.
