Polite Society doesn’t take Lady
Anne Adamson seriously. However, Anne isn’t just another
pretty young miss. When she discovers her father betrayed
her mother’s love and her family descended into poverty,
Anne comes up with a plan to marry a respectable, powerful,
and honorable gentleman— a man nothing like her philandering
father.
Armed with the heart of a duke pendant, fabled to land the
wearer a duke’s heart, she decides to enlist the aid of the
notorious Harry, 6th Earl of Stanhope. A scoundrel with a
scandalous past, he is the last gentleman she'd ever
wed...however, his reputation marks him the perfect man to
school her in the art of seduction so she might ensnare the
illustrious Duke of Crawford.
Harry, the Earl of Stanhope is a jaded, cynical rogue who
lives for his own pleasures. Having been thrown over by the
only woman he ever loved so she could wed a duke, he’s not
at all surprised when Lady Anne approaches him with her
scheme to capture another duke’s affection. He’s come to
appreciate that all women are in fact greedy,
title-grasping, self-indulgent creatures. And with Anne’s
history of grating on his every last nerve, she is the last
woman he’d ever agree to school in the art of seduction.
Only his friendship with the lady’s sister compels him to help.
What begins as a pretend courtship, born of lessons on
seduction, becomes something more, leaving Anne to decide if
she can give her heart to a reckless rogue, and Harry must
decide if he’s willing to again trust in a lady’s love.