Lady Minerva Sharpe has the perfect plan to thwart her grandmother's
demands: become engaged to a rogue! Surely Gran would rather release her
inheritance than see her wed a scoundrel. And who better to play the
part of Minerva's would-be husband than wild barrister Giles Masters,
the very inspiration for the handsome spy in the popular Gothic novels
she writes? The memory of his passionate kiss on her nineteenth birthday
has lingered in Minerva's imagination, though she has no intention of
really falling for such a rakehell, much less marrying him. Little does
she know, he really is a covert government operative. When they team up
to investigate the mystery behind her parents' deaths, their fake
betrothal leads to red-hot desire. Then Minerva discovers Giles's secret
double life, and he must use all the cunning tricks of his trade to find
his way back into her heart.