Years of roaming the Far East have forged Lord Jonathan Devoran St. George into an intrepid, solitary world traveler, estranged from family and homeland. Yet the theft of a previous fossil has forced Jack unwillingly back to England. Now the thief slips the prize to an unsuspecting young woman, innocently minding her own business. Seconds later, the man is murdered - and Miss Anne Marsh becomes the unknown killer's next target. A perilous guardian angel, Jack sweeps Anne off to his ancestral estate... all in the guise of protecting her. Safely engaged to another, she's never met anyone like Wild Lord Jack. Trapped in this handsome aristocrat's company, why not seize the chance to learn something new - about the world, abut love, about wickedness...