Polite Society doesn’t take Lady Anne Adamson seriously. However, Anne isn’t just another pretty young miss. When she discovers her father betrayed her mother’s love and her family descends into poverty, Anne comes up with a plan to marry a respectable, powerful, and honorable gentleman— a man nothing like her philandering father.

She decides to enlist the aid of the notorious Harry, 6th Earl of Stanhope. He is the last gentleman she'd ever wed...however, his reputation marks him the perfect man to school her in the art of seduction so she might ensnare the illustrious Duke of Crawford.

Harry is a jaded, cynical rogue who lives for his own pleasures. Having been thrown over by the only woman he ever loved so she could wed a duke, he’s not at all surprised when Lady Anne approaches him with her own scheme to capture a duke’s affection. And with Anne’s history of grating on his every last nerve, she is the last woman he’d ever imagine himself helping, much less loving.

However, what begins as lessons on seduction, becomes something more, leaving Anne to decide if she can give her heart to a reckless rogue, and Harry to decide if he's willing to again trust in a lady's love.