A dangerous rogue or a businesslike gentleman—what’s a lady to do?

Lady Victoria’s parents have issued an ultimatum: marry or remain a spinster—forever. They have even prepared a marriage list of four eligible bachelors. The only problem is that none of them makes her pulse race. No one does, until she meets John Archer, a rogue her parents have forbidden her to see again.

When an expensive diamond tiara goes missing, suspicion falls on Lady Victoria, and only John is willing to risk all for her sake. He is the one, her heart whispers. Unfortunately, her head—and her parents—refuse to listen to such nonsense, and insist that she make a safe choice from the marriage list.