Amy, Lady Mowbray has never had a romantic thought in her life. Well, apart from her short-lived crush on London’s handsomest man, Lord Pascal, when she was a brainless 14-year-old. She even chose her late husband because he owned the best herd of beef cattle in England! But fate steps in and waltzes this practical widow out of her rustic retreat into the glamour of the London season. And when Pascal pursues her, all her adolescent fantasies come true. 

Gervaise Dacre, Lord Pascal needs to marry money to rescue his estate, devastated after a violent storm. When he meets Dashing Widow Amy Mowbray, it seems all his prayers have been answered. But his mercenary quest becomes dangerously complicated when he finds himself in thrall to the lovely widow. What happens if Amy discovers the sordid truth behind his whirlwind courtship? And if she does, will she see beyond his original, selfish motives to the ardent love that lies unspoken in his sinful heart?