On the cusp of her first London season, Miss Madeline Gracechurch was hopelessly awkward with gentlemen. So she did what generations of shy young ladies have done she invented a sweetheart -- a Scottish sweetheart -- one who was handsome, honorable, and devoted to her, but conveniently never around. And by pretending to be devastated when he was not really killed in battle, she manages to avoid the pressures of London society entirely. Until years later, when the real Captain Logan MacKenzie arrives on her doorstep. Hes wounded, jaded, in possession of her letters and ready to make good on every promise Maddie never expected to keep.,