Believing her lie that she is fleeing her employer, the Marquess of Tannerton aids Marlena's escape. Before they know it, while pretending to be husband and wife and changing their names every day, strong affection begins to sprout between them. But Marlena is still unable to tell the marquess the truth. Though she is innocent, she has been accused of murdering her husband... While Marlena faces this conflict, the true culprit draws ever nearer! The popular historical elopement story is finally complete.
When Marlena runs into the Marquess of Tannerton, a man she admired as a girl, she is a prisoner aboard a ship headed to London, where she will meet the gallows, and the memory of the night she was framed haunts her dreams. Just when it seems that all hope is lost, the ship gives a sickening lurch. After it is swallowed by the ocean, Marlena somehow finds herself alive, and she the marquess has washed up on the same stretch of shore. He swears to protect her, but he doesn't know how serious her crime truly is. Experience the thrill of the chase in this getaway romance. (This work is a spin-off of Innocence and Impropriety.)