Simon Basset, the amazing Duke of Hastings, has hatched an idea to keep himself clear of the town’s marriage-minded society mothers. He pretends to become engaged towards the wonderful Daphne Bridgerton. In the end, it isn’t as though the brooding rogue provides any real programs to marry-though there is certainly something about the alluring Miss Bridgerton that sets Simon’s heart beating a bit faster. And for Daphne, definitely the clever debutante will entice some very worthwhile suitors given that it seems a duke has declared her appealing. But mainly because Daphne waltzes across ballroom after ballroom with Simon, she shortly forgets that their courtship is definitely a complete sham. And now she has to do the difficult and keep herself from dropping her core completely to the attractive hell-raiser that has sworn off relationship forever!