Anticipating her wedding vows and then breaking off the engagement has left Kate Montague's social status in tatters. She hides the hurt of her family's disapproval behind a resolutely optimistic façade, but one thing really bothers her. For a fallen woman, Kate knows shockingly little about passion!

Could Virgil Jackson be the man to teach her? A freed slave turned successful businessman, his striking good looks and lethally restrained power throw normally composed Kate into a tailspin! She's already scandalised society, but succumbing to her craving for Virgil would be the most outrageous thing Kate's done by far…