Helene, the Countess Godwin, knows there is nothing more unbearably tedious when compared to a virtuous woman. After all, she’s been one for ten long years while her scoundrel of a husband lives with strumpets and causes scandal after scandal. Therefore she decides it’s period for a switch — she designs her locks in the most recent, daring mode, places on the shockingly transparent dress, and goes to a ball like Cinderella, searching for a prince enchanting to sweep her off her feet…and into his bed.

But instead of a prince, she finds only her own volatile, infuriatingly handsome…spouse, Rees, the Earl Godwin. They’d eloped to Gretna Green within a fiery passion, but passion can sometimes burn off too popular to last.

But now, Rees makes her a brazen give, and Helene decides to become his wife once again…however, not in name only. No, this time around she decides to become very, extremely wicked indeed.