She's run away from her own wedding...and straight into the arms of a rake.
Eloise flees her wedding to a cruel groom in a moment of sheer panic. If she'd given it any thought at all, her plans wouldn't have entailed breaking into the home of the infamous rake, Viscount Wycliffe. And she certainly wouldn't have been caught.
But when he comes upon her in the dark of night, rifling through his desk in search of coin, she discovers that the notorious rogue does have a heart beneath that tarnished reputation. And now that she's under his protection, he'll do anything to keep her safe. Even marry her.