Once bitten... Lady Candice Ainsworth had everything she ever wanted and more-the most eligible bachelor of the season. But when her wedding turns into a disastrous scandal, she has to flee from the prying eyes of the ton and take cover under her uncle's medical establishment, but not before her intended abandons her. Twice Shy Ten years later, Candice is compelled to nurse a very sickly man who was abandoned by his wife and left alone with his daughter. However, fate takes a dangerous turn when he turns out to be the last man she ever intended seeing. When life returns and when love comes, can one betrayed heart and one lifeless heart learn to love or will they be bitten over and over again?