The boldest, most unconventional of the three Greentree sisters,
Marietta believes her best course would be to emulate her natural
mother, the notorious courtesan Madame Aphrodite. Being woefully
unschooled in the ways of passion, however, Marietta, at Aphrodite's
insistence, must first prove herself by properly seducing one man: Max
Valland, the moody, disgraced, anddisinherited former Lord Roseby.
With his life and reputation already in tatters, Max is most willing to
help the exquisite young minx practice her chosen craft--though he is
surprised at the depth of his desire . . . and by her most
unprofessional tenderness. But Marietta's plans are threatened by the
dangerous mysteries swirling around this disarmingly sensual gentleman .
. . and by a heart that urges her to break the courtesan's cardinal
rule: never fall in love.