Tatiana Petrova returns to London after years away, determined only to guide her bright and innocent younger sister, Elena, through her first season. Society, however, has not forgotten Tatiana’s sudden disappearance—or the fact that she left without saying goodbye to Anthony Bridgerton. As old tensions resurface beneath the glitter of balls and whispered gossip, Tatiana must face the man she once walked away from, while protecting her sister from a society far less kind than Elena believes it.