Desperate to start a new life, Amelia applies for the position of lady’s companion in the quiet rural area of Osbourne. 

Her new employer, Sebastian, is nothing like the other lecherous men she’d worked for – in fact, he makes it quite clear that he only needs her to care for his mother whilst he tries to get his cattle property running at a profit and holds down his job at the bank across the river. 

Amelia was hopeful that at last, she’d found a safe place to hide and save enough money to start her life over – that was until her nightmares returned, her screams waking Sebastian from his sleep. She expected to be dismissed immediately. What she hadn’t expected was for him to hold her close, offering her protection from whatever demons she was haunted by. 

Betrayed by his ex-lover, Sebastian makes it very clear to Amelia that his only interest in her is employment. As days become weeks, he is drawn to her and the secrets she is hiding about the life she’d run away from. When his fingers graze the brutal scar on her forearm, he begs to understand what brute could have put it there. 

Fearful of what would happen to her employment, and her growing relationship with Sebastian, Amelia tries to keep her past a secret…but then she is cornered in the main street and she is reminded that the bastard who cut her arm will find her no matter where she goes. 

Terrified he means to finish what he started, Amelia finds herself being drawn closer to Sebastian and the safety he was offering her…but will he still offer it to her when his ex-lover arrives at his property to make him an offer he can’t refuse?