"MY FORTUNE IN DIAMONDS, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE MANLEY DIAMOND COLLAR WHICH GOES TO MISS EMILY WINTERS, I LEAVE TO MY DOG DUKE." Old Sir Peregrine's will shocked everyone. Especially his lovely illegitimate daughter, Emily, to whom he also left his entire estate. Only on Duke's death would the diamonds revert to the relatives. Now Emily had to see that nobody murdered Duke. They were that kind of family. Meanwhile Emily was falling in love with the dashing rakehell Lord Storm, whose fortune and title brought him women by the droves. With such competition what chance did Emily have? Furthermore what would a high-born young man like Lord Storm want with a woman whose origins were as scandalous as Emily's?