blurb: Society shunned the base born rogue. Matrons whispered behind their fans about his sensual exploits. Young ladies secretly dreamed of his intimate touch. No one expected Drake Wilder to force his way into the closed ranks of the nobility - by coercing a very proper lady to the altar.
To save her family from ruin, lady Alicia Pemberton agrees to wed the scandalous owner of a gambling club. She insists upon a marriage in name only. But drake has other plans for his lovely, high born wife. First he will use Alicia to exact revenge on the father he never knew. Then he will work his scoundrels charm to seduce her into his bed. But Alicia isn’t the meek submissive wife. And Drake soon finds himself in peril of losing his heart.