Felix Malverley, Viscount Malverley, dreading the hunt among society’s freshest debutants for a suitable wife, finds himself in an alien state of anxiety. But relief from his worries comes from the unlikeliest source, and he soon finds himself in a different kind of position all together.

 

Miss Louisa Lukin, companion to her great aunt, has cultivated a rather warm and lively personality for herself to make-up for her lack of great beauty. When she discovers the handsome viscount’s unusual state of apprehension, she sets out to relieve his mind, never realizing that their initial game of cards would turn into something much more stimulating.

 

From their first kiss a whole new world opens up to them, a place where propriety and rank have fallen to the wayside, and desire and surprises rule supreme. But beyond the amazing pleasure and happiness, reality yet lurks. When it comes to pull the pair back into its clutches, separating them forever, only the greatest surprise of all can bring them back together.