The Society lady and the return of her first love... Part of Scandalous Australian Bachelors. When widow Lady Francesca attends a masquerade ball she's shocked to meet Ben Crawford again. She loved him once - before her awful marriage, and before he was transported to Australia as a convict. He's now a wealthy land-owner, and Ben's contempt of her burns is almost as strong as their attraction. She knows he believes she betrayed him, so she must put the past right...before it's too late...