Lord Tyrone Wallingford has known Miss Mary Spencer since they were young. She never gave him the time of day, even though he was the most eligible bachelor in their county. Now, he's one of the most desireable rogues in London, and they meet again. She's a debutante set on making a convenient marriage, but when he takes her in his arms and waltzes her across a ballroom suddenly she's struck by the fact that the one man who has always infuriated her now intrigues her--and in some very unexpected ways.