Sebastian, Viscount Iverley, is an unconventional and untidy bookworm, complete with ridiculous glasses, who has no interest further than his collection of books. Until, that is, he is enticed by the pink clad calf and knee of the widow Lady Diana Fanshawe. Sebastian, raised by his uncle in an old dismal and remote mansion, lacks the social skills demanded by London society.

Diana has been in love with Sebastian's cousin, Blakeney, for most of her life and sets her cap to marry him, even though she does not intend love to be part of the bargain. Once she has been kissed by Sebastian, precipitated by a wager she made with Blake, her world turns and she no longer has her sights on Blake. About to propose, Sebastian learns of the wager and vows avenge. A chain of events changes Diana's course in accepting the alternate offer of marriage to Blake. Now the die is set as Diana finagles marriage to Sebastian, while he is out to humiliate her for her treachery.

Miranda Neville's creation is an amusing and exciting story of two opposites finding out they are more alike than they thought. The sexual appetites are equaled once Sebastian is drawn from his shell and pretty hot situations occur. Diana is an interesting character, full of life and unconventional thinking coming from an eccentric family. I thoroughly enjoyed the reading of this novel.