A lady's plan to marry a proper match is threatened by a seductive earl—and her own secret desires—in this sexy Victorian romance.

With the scandalous nature of her birth to live down, Isabella Fairmont dreams of a proper marriage—even if it must be passionless. She saves her deepest desires for the novel she dares to pen, wherein she is seduced by a handsome lord with dark powers. But then her courtship with an appropriate suitor is threatened by the sudden attentions of the reclusive Earl of Black—whose pale blue eyes and brooding sensuality are exactly as she described in her book.

Isabella tries to resist the mysterious earl. Yet as he pursues her, with inexplicable knowledge of her past and kisses that consume her, Isabella fears she will succumb. If only the earl could tell Isabella the truth. With very real, and treacherous, thieves endangering her life, Black will need to protect Isabella from the very people she trusts most . . .