Artemis Jonesârespectable finishing-school teacher by day and Gothic-romance writer by nightâhas never lost sight of her real dream: to open her own academic ladies' college. When sheâs unexpectedly called upon by a dear friend, a fellow Byronic Book Club member, to navigate her first London Season, she comes at onceâwho knows, perhaps she can court the interest of a wealthy patron for her school. Itâll all be fine as long as she can avoid her high-handed aunt's schemes to marry her off⌠Dominic Winters, the widowed Duke of Dartmoor, needs a wifeâsomeone who will provide him with an heir and help him manage his spitfire adolescent daughter. The problem is, Society has dubbed him The Dastardly Duke. Rumors are rife that he murdered his mad wife so his choices for a suitable bride are limited. But then he meets the ravishing and passionate Artemis JonesâŚwho might just be everything he needs.