As headmistress of the Scarfield Academy for Young Ladies, Miss Charlotte Boscastle is tasked with keeping her charges free from scandal - even though her own desires lean toward the wicked. When Charlotte's diary goes missing, she can't imagine anything more scandalous than having her most intimate secrets fall into the wrong hands. Although the diary he found sparks his interest, the Duke of Wynfield is in the market for a mistress, not a headmistress. Gideon has every intention of returning the journal - until it disappears and he must explain the embarrassing situation to its owner. When his encounter with Charlotte takes on an unexpectedly passionate nature, his indiscretion causes a scandal that only marriage can cure. While the duke is surprised to find himself enamored of his imaginative wife, there is still the missing diary to be dealt with - before Charlotte's secrets shook all of London...