Annie Smith has been raised as a foundling by a stern village vicar and his wife. With her eighteenth birthday near, Annie is shocked to learn she has an aristocratic benefactress who wants her to come to London so a suitable marriage can be arranged. Annie makes the trip, hoping to learn something about her past. The recently widowed benefactress isn't the kindly little old lady Annie expected, but rather a glamorous former actress who married a much older baron. The baron has died and his nephew has succeeded him. Their household seems surprisingly short of funds, and Annie begins to suspect she's being used in a plot to raise money. She grows suspicious of her benefactress but is drawn toward the nephew, Lord Harry Hayward. While she knows the dashing, former cavalryman is too far above her to marry, Annie can't stop herself from falling in love with him. Then, the shocking revelations come. Genre: Torrid Romance Historical Rating: Erotic Romance - Explicit (Contains adult content, language, and graphic sex)