When Lady Grace Warren’s father sells her in marriage to the depraved Lord
Fentington, she knows only the most drastic action will save her from a life of
misery. In Victorian England, a woman possesses only one item of value: her virtue.
Without it, Fentington will not want her-nor will any other man. But at least she
will be free. Now she must find a man with whom to pass the fateful night, a man who
will ask no questions, make no other demands. Because for a woman preparing to risk
everything, no ordinary man will do… After losing two wives in childbirth, Vincent Germaine, Duke of Raeburn, vows
never to marry again. Racked with guilt over the lives lost in his quest for an heir,
he is careful now to take his pleasure only with London’s most discreet courtesans.
Yet when he learns that a passionate encounter with a bewitching stranger may have
put yet another life at risk, Vincent sets out to find the unsuspecting girl-and
discovers a woman of incomparable courage, beauty, and strength. But can two
strangers brought together by desperation find true love against all odds?