The Duke of Lexburgh - that was what Charles Somerford intended to be. And he intended that the beautiful Lady Lucinda should be his bride. But Lucinda was in love with a man whose entire face she had never seen: his hair was blue-black, his eyes grey and his lips burned as they kissed her hand. But he wore a mask on those fateful occasions when he had come to Lucinda's aid: saving her from the clutches of a highwayman and the embrace of an unwelcome lover. Could he now save Lucinda from marriage to a man she despised?