<p>Professor Reuben Faulkner is content with his life. Approaching retirement, he still conducts courses in ancient history at the university where he&rsquo;s worked all his life, has a home he loves in a small North Yorkshire village, and is the author of a critically acclaimed book on the Emperor Hadrian. Out of the blue, he receives a letter from an American law firm. After more than three decades of silence, Erin, his wife - who abandoned him and their young son without explanation or further contact - wants to dissolve their marriage. Does Erin know of Reuben&rsquo;s minor celebrity? Is the prospect of a generous settlement too good an opportunity to miss?</p><p>Not quite fifty and happily single, para-legal Paige Latimer accompanies her boss to Rosedale Abbey to interview their new client &ndash; an aging professor whose estranged wife has demanded a divorce. What ought to be a simple meeting, is made slightly more complicated when Reuben Faulkner turns out to be the polar opposite from the image in Paige&rsquo;s head&hellip; worse&hellip; she finds herself drawn to him.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>Unexpectedly, the couple are thrown together and, although Reuben would prefer Paige not be caught up in his divorce, their attraction is becoming harder to deny.&nbsp;</p><p>Just as Reuben dares to risk his heart a second time, Erin tosses a spanner in the works, and her latest scheme could derail their blossoming romance before it has chance to start.</p>