All her life, Michaela Standish knew she was different from her fair-haired sisters. She looks like a gypsy, and her mother has always treated her differently. When she finds out she is the illegitimate daughter of the rakish Earl of Woolrich, she is swept into the glitter of high society, living in a lovely townhouse on Park Lane, going to balls and moving among the most powerful people in London. She feels like a princess, transported to a world of wealth and privilege, until the most desirable man in all of London crosses her path, and the only thing that matters is him.

A famous war hero ravaged by grief, Major Adrian Khoury is immediately taken by the sultry beauty of Michaela Standish. He convinces himself a marriage of convenience is just the thing, but this hardened warrior has to win more than her hand for the desires of his heart to be satisfied.