Too wicked for proper society and in dire financial straits, Rufus Blainey, the Earl of Southbrook knows but one solution: to marry an heiress. So when innocent and beautiful Lady Averil Martindale waltzes into his life, Rufus can’t imagine a more perfect scenario: woo her, win her, bankrupt her.

Averil has no intention of spending her life or her money alone. An orphan, she’s determined to find her lost half- sister and reclaim what little family she has left. When Rufus offers to help locate the elusive girl, Averil is grateful and more than a little intrigued by the handsome, dashing rogue.

Everything is going according to Rufus’ plan. That is until, despite his best efforts, he begins to fall totally, madly, sincerely in love with her…but will Averil marry him once she learns the truth?