Damaris Chance’s unsatisfied former has turned her off the thought of marriage forever. But her guardian, Female Beatrice Davenham, convinces her to create her developing anyway-and possess a season of carefree, uncomplicated fun.

When Damaris finds herself trapped in a compromising situation with the handsome rake Freddy Monkton-Coombes, she’s simply no choice but to consent to wed him-as longer simply because it’s in name only. Her new husband seems to accept her conditions, but Freddy includes a plan of his very own: to seduce his reluctant winter bride.

Can Damaris’s secrets destroy her chance at true happiness? Or can Freddy help her cast from the shackles of the past, and produce to delicious temptation?