When fire razed her ancestral home, Erlina Sherwood sought shelter at Meldon Hall. The Manor house of the arrogant Marquis of Meldon had been all but destroyed by neglect. Erlina was astonished to find the Marquis himself in residence, amid the hall's faded magnificence. But he could not mourn the house's lost splendor, for an accident had deprived him of his sight. As time passed, the lovely orphan came to know the proud, private heart of the compelling aristocrat. Her tenderness came to heal his wounded soul, and bind them together in a brilliant dream-come-true of never-ending joy...