Born into the wealthy British ruling class of India, Georgiana Knight is as unconventional as she is beautiful. She has sworn not to marry till she meets a man who will treat her as an equal--but that vow doesn't appease her sensual curiosity. When Ian Prescott, the Marquess of Griffith, arrives on a mission to defuse the threat of war, Georgie is immediately drawn to the mysterious and darkly handsome diplomat, and cannot resist provoking the hidden lust that smolders beneath his cool surface.

Ian is mesmerized by Georgie's alluring mystique, but burdened by a dark secret. She is a temptation he cannot afford. But when she becomes entangled in his mission, she must be secreted away to England for her own safety. There Georgie finds herself in the unfamiliar world of aristocratic London, where Ian becomes her guide, her confidant...her seducer. His kiss sets her soul on fire, and Georgie knows she will never be satisfied until she has made this magnificent man her own.