At the age of fourteen, Ethan Grey was banished by his titled father into a hell his legitimate siblings never learned of. Now that the old earl is dead, and Ethan is a widower with two children to raise, he finds himself attracted to Alice Portman, the boys' scholarly, reserved governess. Alice also has a shadowed past, and she and Ethan must face the demon haunting them both if they're to win their chance for a happily ever after.