With his laughing eyes and rakish good looks, Lord Rannulf Bedwyn is a hard man to resist. To Judith Law, in need of rescue when the stagecoach in which she is traveling overturns, Rannulf is simply her savior, her dream come true, a heroic stranger with whom she will allow herself one night of reckless passion before she must settle to the dreary life of companion to her wealthy aunt. However, a shock is in store for her when that same stranger turns out to be the eligible, wealthy son of a duke--and when he arrives at Harewood Grange to woo her cousin. Judith holds firm against all Rannulf's advances, both honorable and otherwise. But then scandal rocks the household and threatens her name and her very liberty, and it is Rannulf who rides to her rescue--bringing all the considerable power and influence of the Bedwyns to her defense. But can true love grow out of something very slightly wicked...