She is determined to take her fate into her own hands…

Lady Ariel Tilbury has spent nearly thirty years chipping away at herself to fit into Society's mold for a young woman; in return, she has been branded a spinster doomed to remain untouched and unloved. In rebellion, she hires a male courtesan as a birthday gift to herself. She never believed it would go beyond a few hours of ecstasy.

He is just the man for the job…

Businessman Charles Burke had no hopes above a simple, comfortable life in Boston. The last things he ever expected would happen to him were (in no particular order):

1) Becoming guardian to a rotund black cat

2) Traveling to England after unexpectedly becoming the new Duke of Ryton

3) Being mistaken for a prostitute after arriving on the doorstep of the Earl of Darby

4) Falling for an intelligent, confident, curvaceous beauty with rose-gold hair

One night of passion is just the beginning.

Ariel was never supposed to discover his true identity. Charles only intended to handle the necessary paperwork and return to America. Neither anticipated an evening together could lead to so much more.

She lives through her books…

Ill as a child, Lady Juliette Crawford is obliged to live a sheltered life, forbidden from overexerting herself. Instead of riding and dancing, she must take her excitement from parchment and ink. When a pair of strong hands rescue her from certain death beneath the wheels of a cart, however, she discovers a new adventure much grander and more thrilling than any found on a page.

People judge him by his cover…

Born in the Scottish Highlands, Ian McCullom clawed his way out of poverty to become one of the preeminent physicians in London. But taming his brogue, dressing in fine clothes, and making the proper connections can only take him so far; he'll always be viewed as just this side of feral, an outsider to be ogled, a prize to be won by the danger-seeking ladies of the ton. None of it appealed to him, less so after losing the woman he loved to another, so he throws himself into his work…until he encounters the enchanting eyes of one very off-limits lady.

Together, they write a love story for the ages.

While Juliette hires him as her tutor under the guise of learning Gaelic, she has decidedly less pure intentions and is determined to taste the passion and desire burning behind Ian's eyes. Ian is just as determined to resist her. Although being with Juliette might very well destroy him, it could also fulfill his every dream and desire…if he dares to rewrite his future.