Just when Leo, Baron Warhurst, feels his family’s financial situation can’t get any even worse, he discovers that his unwed sister is pregnant. The Warhurst property is already crumbling because of Leo’s father’s many indiscretions, and unless Leo can prevent another scandal from erupting before he makes a fortuitous match with a rich heiress, his family members will be ruined. Such will be the dire straits that bring the ruthless young nobleman to the Light Swan Inn, where he must suffer the indignity of about Scandal’s Mistress requesting a common seamstress for help spying on his sister’s lover. Yet Alice Croft is usually not common. She is low-born, yes, but also strong-willed, clever, confident, and bears a luminous beauty Leo cannot disregard. Inexorably attracted to her, he understands that also the rumor of the liaison between them could mess up his marriage potential clients. However the harder he battles against her, the more powerful their appeal grows-until Leo is definitely forced to select between the female who stole his center and the family members that needs his honor. With this unforgettable follow-up to Her Key Desire, Lord Warhurst’s turbulent love story unfolds with all the current wit, interest, and episode that C. J. Archer’s growing legion of fans have come to expect.