Spunky English girl overcomes impossible odds and outsmarts heathen
villains.
That's the headline when Zoe Lexham returns to England. After twelve
years in the exotic east, she's shockingly adept in the sensual arts.
She knows everything a young lady shouldn't and nothing she ought to
know. She's a walking scandal, with no hope of a future . . . unless
someone can civilize her.
Lucien de Grey, the Duke of Marchmont, is no knight in shining armor.
He's cynical, easily bored, and dangerous to women. He charms, seduces,
and leaves them--with parting gifts of expensive jewelry to dry their
tears. But good looks, combined with money and rank, makes him welcome
everywhere. The most popular bachelor in the Beau Monde can easily save
Zoe's risqué reputation . . . if the wayward beauty doesn't lead him
into temptation, and a passion that could ruin them both.