#1 NY Times bestselling author Johanna Lindsey blends passion and humor within a dazzling Regency-era book in which a disastrous debutante becomes the toast of the town with just a little help from a friend from the Prince Regent’s. Threatened by effective opponents, William Blackburn, Earl of Ketterham, lives in exile in the Scottish Highlands with his girl Vanessa. When she comes old William urges her to come back to her mom in England to create her debut. Raised with all the advantages and about Temptation’s Darling freedom a boy could have, Vanessa uncertainties she can match the mildew of a proper dude. Still, she agrees to re-enter fashionable society, determined to end the vendetta against her dad, never imagining the high cost she will need to pay. Lord Montgomery Townsend likes living within the advantage, courting danger as he fixes possibly scandalous problems for the Prince Regent. While hiding out at the home of the Countess of Ketterham, Monty watches a disaster-in-the-making as his hostess attempts to get ready her estranged girl for any match with the pompous boy of a robust family. Puzzled as to the reasons independent-minded Vanessa submits to becoming converted into a puppet and really wants to marry the arrogant rogue, Monty nonetheless steps directly into make her dreams come true. But no great deed will go unpunished and quickly he faces more pressing problems, including the temptation to upend Vanessa’s wedding ceremony plans therefore he can marry her himself!