In a seedy tavern in the backstreets of London, a case of mistaken identity leads respectable Miss Delphine Cameron to be unwittingly ravished by a devilish colonel: Lord Stephen Fitzwaring. Now she's had a taste of lovemaking and, against her better judgement, she craves it again…. But the colonel has ruined her honor, and there is only one way they can avoid a scandal—Delphine must marry her dark-eyed seducer! Now Lady Delphine Fitzwaring must decide between a life of chastity…or succumbing to her husband's irresistible temptation….