Lady Ivy Sinclair can't live without funds much longer so she vows to land a sensible, serious husband her father will accept. But just when the gentleman is about to pop the question, another woman snatches away his attentions. Furious, Ivy hatches a plan--make him jealous by hiring a handsome man to impersonate a marquess--a marquess who happens to be madly in love with her. The moment Ivy boldly kisses Dominic Sheridan--to test his fitness for the task at hand--she's sure he's perfect. What Ivy doesn't know is that the blue-eyed rake isn't acting at all, but is intent on seducing her into committing the most wicked of sins.