Amelia Rutherford is a wallflower drowning in her family’s debt and the suffocating expectations of the ton. When the brooding and wealthy Lucien Nightshade offers a marriage of convenience, it seems like the answer to her prayers. But Lucien’s proposal comes with a scandalous condition: a contract that grants him total authority over her behavior, including the right to administer firm discipline. As Amelia steps into a world of hidden desires and strict rules, she discovers that the cold terms of their agreement mask a burning passion. Between the rigid stays of her corset and the sting of her husband’s hand, she finds a liberation she never expected.
But with social ruin looming and enemies plotting their downfall, can a bond forged in discipline turn into a love that defies the rules of society?
