Harrison Thornwick thought he was safe. The fourth son of an Earl, there was no reason he couldn't carouse his life away at the notorious Heirs' Club. But when the deaths of his father and brothers leave Harrison holding the bag, he needs a wife fast, unless he's to defy the prince's orders. Unluckily for Harrison, the prince has already found Harrison's wife-to-be, Miss Angelina Rule. And when he sees her in the flesh, Harrison finds her too alluring to resist...

Angelina has no desire to marry Thornwick. Waiting for her sweetheart to return from the army, she refuses to be paired up with a scoundrel like Harrison. But with Thornwick determined to make her his wife in more ways than one, Angelina will have to put up her defenses if she is to resist being seduced...