After her husband’s death, Elizabeth Ashton knows she must remarry – and fast. However, not simply any man will do. She must discover Lord Ashton’s long-lost bastard nephew and convince him to wed, cementing his state to the family lot of money and rescuing Elizabeth from specific ruin. Her desperate search will reveal a world she never understood been around – and a love she never imagined possible… Compelled into prostitution to safeguard his darkest key, Gideon spends his times pleasuring London’s wealthiest ladies. Only one wish melts away inside his guarded center: that someday he’ll escape the gilded confines of Lady Lavender’s brothel and reclaim his independence. Whenever a widow hires him for the two-week-long seduction at her country estate, he spies his possibility – by no means imagining the youthful beauty will reawaken a passion he thought longer lifeless… Bound by desire, only jointly are they solid enough to face their enemies – and to claim the guarantee of love.