Ten years ago Ivy BreckenridgeтАЩs life was ruined. She had to reinvent herself, and now, after painstakingly making her own way in the world, sheтАЩs nearly forgotten the dreams of home and family sheтАЩd once nurtured. Until one man peers into her soul and awakens every one of her hidden desires. But no matter how good he makes her feel, she canтАЩt trust himтАФalone by choice is better than alone by necessity.
With a notorious reputation for training married women in the art of passion, Sebastian Westgate, Duke of Clare, is reviled by some and celebrated by others. He doesnтАЩt allow anyone close enough to see past his charming exterior. When Ivy uncovers the man beneath, the seducer is suddenly the seduced. Enraptured by her mind and spirit, he wants more but revealing his darkest secrets is a price he wonтАЩt pay.