When Gervase Frant returns home unscathed from the wars to claim his title as the new Earl of Stanyon, he senses his stepmother's resentment and his half brother's open disdain. Now he must establish himself as the new head of the house...and ignore his family's rising hostility.
Then Gervase's eye is caught by a lovely young woman β the same woman already much in favor with his half brother. Now the brothers are rivals as they bid for the lady's affections. But as Gervase struggles to maintain a gentlemanly balance, he begins to find himself the victim of repeatedly cruel accidents. Soon it becomes increasingly clear that someone wants the new Earl of Stanyon dead....
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