Rules to be Broken

After a minor faux-pas, Diana Lawson finds herself forced into a marriage of convenience in order to save her reputation. However, London society still talks, and no matter how hard Diana tries, the whispers and stares never cease. After her well-respected husband dies in the arms of his mistress, Diana finally resigns herself to her fate and decides to live by her own rules alone.

Arthur Abbott, Earl of Stanhope, is a stickler for propriety and has never met a rule he did not feel compelled to uphold. However, when he saves a young widow from a most inappropriate situation, he is drawn into a world quite unlike his own. Convinced that he is only lending a hand out of duty, Arthur agrees to a daring compromise. For Diana to uphold society's rules, Arthur has to break them. Can scandalous and virtuous ever walk hand in hand?