Miss Kira Melbourne is anything but a proper British rose. Her amazing beauty, thanks to her foreign mom, has proclaimed her as an outsider, and her ghastly reputation as a female of loose virtue offers only added to that position. The victim of a bad devious viscount’s terrible lies, Kira has the chance to redeem herself and become a member of polite society as the fiancee of a respected country clergyman. She’ll finally have a location to belong . also whether it’s in the tepid hands of a man she doesn’t about Strictly Forbidden love.

Gavin Daggett, Duke of Cropthorne, isn’t going to allow his naive country cousin marry a scandalous woman like Kira Melbourne. The perfect solution is is a straightforward one: Gavin will seduce the vixen and confirm her unworthiness, thereby liberating his cousin from any obligation. But spending time with Kira is similar to awakening to an environment of color and beauty, and it stirs the fiery desires Gavin has fought to suppress his entire life. Caught in his very own dangerous game, sharing forbidden pleasure with Kira, Gavin understands that the price of loving her is definitely high-and yet it really is one that he will willingly pay . . . with every defeat of his heart.

Contains mature themes.