Gretna bride

In a great society triumph, Venetia Fielding is engaged to the sought-after Duke of Hazlemere but is shocked to learn a secret that threatens their chances of happiness. She escapes to the home of Victor Allen, the painter who had been commissioned to do her portrait, who she then has to marry to avoid a scandal. As she adjusts to being Victor’s wife, she starts to think that she ended up with the right man after all.